RESEARCH METHODOLOGY WITH ELEMENTS OF STATISTICS
METOD. DELLA RIC. CON ELEM. DI STATISTICA
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2018/2019 | 8 |
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| Marco Bruno Luigi Rocchi |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to give students a methodological training and basic statistics, not separated from the acquisition of an operational capability in the face of real problems.
Program
1. Outline of probability (2 hr).
2. Population and sample (2 hr).
3. Measuring scale variables (2 hr).
4. Main indices of position (arithmetic mean, median and mode) and dispersion (variation range, variance, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, quartiles, interquartile range) (4 hr).
5. bivariate statistics: regression and correlation (4 hr).
6. Main distributions: Binomial, Poisson, Gaussian (6 hr).
7. The sampling distributions: distribution of the sample mean and t-distribution (2 hr).
8. Tests: the z test; the Student t test (for one and two samples) (6hr).
9. Confidence intervals for means and proportions (2 hr).
10. Classification of trials (1 hr).
11. The scientific method and unscientific methods (1 hr).
12. The research protocol: the rationale, the literature search, randomization, blindness, experimental design, sample size, assessment tools and their psychometric properties (reliability, validity, responsiveness, least significant difference, sensitivity and specificity), deviations from the protocol and their treatment, critical reading of a scientific paper (16 hr).
Bridging Courses
None
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
In relation to the methodology of research with elements of statistics,
students should show possession of:
- the mastery of basic skills;
- the understanding of the fundamental concepts of the discipline
- the ability to use knowledge and concepts to reason according to the logic of the discipline.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
Seminars; guided exercises
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Frontal lessons
- Attendance
None; participation is strongly recommended
- Course books
Rocchi MBL: Statistica e metodologia della ricerca per le discipline biomediche e psicocomportamentali, Edizioni Goliardiche, Trieste, 2007 (pag. 250)
- Assessment
Written test (30 multiple choice quizzes in 30 minutes); the oral exam is optional (after passing the written test )
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
No differences with respect to attending students
- Attendance
No differences with respect to attending students
- Course books
No differences with respect to attending students
- Assessment
No differences with respect to attending students
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Notes
The student can request to sit the final exam in English with an alternative bibliography. (Course with optional materials in a foreign language)
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