Quantitative Social Data Analysis Methods
Course: Sociаl Technologies
Structural unit: Faculty of Sociology
            Title
        
        
            Quantitative Social Data Analysis Methods
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ОК16
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            First
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2021/2022
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            4 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            9
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            1.1 Know for which problems each of the methods of data analysis is used to solve.
1.2 Know the conditions and limitations of using each of the methods, including data requirements.
2.1 Be able to prepare empirical data in the electronic format necessary for the application of the method of analysis.
2.2 Be able to use specialized computer programs (software systems) to analyze data of empirical sociological research.
2.3 Be able to interpret the results of computer analysis and draw grounded conclusions based on these results.
2.4 Be able to present the results of empirical data analysis in reports, scientific publications, presentations for a professional audience.
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Full-time form
        
    
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            Students should be familiar with the basic concepts of probability theory and practical skills of working with a personal computer in a Windows environment.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            1. Application of mathematical methods in sociology.
2. Measurement of social variables. Measurement levels.
3. Descriptive statistics. Frequencies tables. Central tendency and variation.
4. Bivariate analysis. Cross-tables. The measure of association.
5. Correlation analysis.
6. Linear regression model.
7. Sampling method in sociological research.
8. Statistical inference. Point and interval estimation.
9. Statistical hypotheses testing.
10. Cluster analysis.
11. Factor analysis.
12. Analysis of the reliability of the additive scale.
13. Presentation of the results of empirical data analysis.
14. Using SPSS syntax language
15. Visualization of data and data analysis results.
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            1. Paniotto V., Maksymenko V., Kharchenko N. Statistical analysis of sociological data, 2004 (in Ukrainian) pp. 10-168, 177-241
2. Sociology: a short encyclopedic dictionary, 1998 (in Ukrainian). 
3. Gorbachyk A.P., Salnikova S.A. Data Analysis in Sociological Research Using SPSS (in Ukrainian). pp. 24-78, 112-146
4. Eric J. Krieg E.J. Statistics and Data Analysis for Social Science. - Pearson  Education  Limited, 2014. – 392 p. – pp. 1-138, 203-280, 309-344
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lecture, practical training, personal work
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            3 semester
1. Test work 1 for topics 1-3, LO1.1, LO1.2, LO2.2 – 12 points / 20 points
2. Test work 2 for topics 4-6, LO1.1, LO1.2, LO2.2, LO2.3 – 12 points / 20 points
3. Performing tasks in training classes on topics 1-6, LO1.2, LO2.1, LO2.2, LO2.3 – 36 points / 60 points
 final assessment - credit
4 semester
1. Test work 3 for topics 7-10, LO1.1, LO1.2, LO2.2, LO2.3 – 12 points / 20 points
2. Personal work on data analysis for topics 7-11, compulsory, LO1.1, LO1.2, LO2.1, LO2.2, LO2.3, LO2.4   – 12 points / 20 points
3. Performing tasks in training classes on topics 7-13, LO1.1, LO1.2, LO2.1, LO2.2, LO2.3, LO2.4 – 12 points / 20 points
final assessment – exam for topics 1-13, LO1.1, LO1.2, LO2.1, LO2.2, LO2.3, LO2.4; the grade for the discipline is a grade in the 4th semester..
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            ukrainian
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Andrii
                    Petrovych
                    Gorbachyk
                
                
                     Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research 
Faculty of Sociology
            Faculty of Sociology
                    Oleksiy
                    Sergiyovych
                    Sereda
                
                
                     Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research 
Faculty of Sociology
            Faculty of Sociology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                         Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Sociology
                    
                
                         Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Sociology