Weekly schedule
This page gives you general indications about the course schedule. Reading refer to the course reading list
. Precise chapters and page numbers will be indicated during the term. The * mark priority readings.
Week |
Topic |
Reading |
Miscellaneous |
| 1 (6.1) |
The role of data in the social sciences before and since the Internet (1) |
Rosenberg in Gitelman 2013, chap. 1* |
Slides week 1 |
| 2 (13.1) |
Course postponed to Tuesdays 20-1, 27-1 and 3-2, from 13-14, in room F25a, Millburn House. |
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| 3 (20.1) |
The role of data in the social sciences before and since the Internet (2) |
de Vaus 2007 |
Slides week 3 |
| 4 (27.1) |
Surveys in social and political research Questionnaire design and implementation |
Sturgis 2008* Schaeffer and Presser 2003* Blair et al. 1977* Belson et al. 1981 Bryman 2012, chap. 10-11 Lee 1993, chap. 5-6 Payne 1951 |
Slides week 4 |
| 5 (3.2) |
Analysis of secondary datasets Introduction to basic statistics with Excel |
Hill, Dean and Murphy 2014: chap. 6, chap. 7 & chap. 8 |
Presentation of the UK Data Service by Jo Wathan Slides Jo Wathan |
| 6 (10.2) |
Reading week |
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| 7 (17.2) |
Presentation of summative essay |
On 17.02, bring your laptop with battery loaded Deadline for formative essay submission: 18.2 |
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| 8 (24.2) |
Students' oral presentations and feedback on formative essays Hands-on session: treating your data |
Presentation of a case from conflict studies by Vincenzo Bove |
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| 9 (3.3) |
Hands-on session: treating your data |
Slides week 9 | |
| 10 (10.3) |
Data treatment: discussion about Jiang 2013 'Big data', administrative data and social media data |
Thelwall, Sud and Vis 2012* Wilkinson and Thelwall (in press)* Hill and Murphy 2014 |
Deadline for summative essay submission: 5.5 |
Updated 12.01.2014