General information |
Course unit name: Techniques for Social Informatics Research
Course unit code: 362533
Academic year: 2021-2022
Coordinator: Maria Jesus Rondan Toldra
Department: Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics
Credits: 6
Single program: S
Estimated learning time |
Total number of hours 150 |
Face-to-face and/or online activities |
60 |
- Lecture with practical component |
Face-to-face and online |
40 |
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- IT-based class |
Face-to-face and online |
20 |
Supervised project |
40 |
Independent learning |
50 |
Learning objectives |
Referring to knowledge In this course, students learn to use the software package SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) to perform statistical analysis on data of different kinds. The course is organised into three topic blocks. |
Teaching blocks |
1. SPSS Statistics for Windows I
1.1.
Introduction to the package
1.1.1. Starting SPSS Statistics
1.1.2. Windows and files: the Data Editor window (.sav files), the Output Viewer window (.spv files) and the Syntax Editor window (.sps files)
1.1.3. Entering data: defining variables
1.1.4. Dialog boxes
1.1.5. Reading and saving data
1.1.6. Merging .sav files
1.2.
The ’Data’ menu
1.2.1. ’Define Variable Properties’
1.2.2. ’Define date and time’
1.2.3. ’Sort Cases’
1.2.4. ’Aggregate’
1.2.5. ’Split File’
1.2.6. ’Select Cases’
2. SPSS Statistics for Windows II
2.1.
The ’Transform’ menu
2.1.1. ’Compute Variable’
2.1.2. ’Recode into Same Variables’ and ’Recode into Different Variables’
2.1.3. ’Visual Binning’
2.1.4. ’Count Values within Cases’
2.1.5. ’Automatic Recode’
2.1.6. ’Date and Time Wizard’
2.2.
The ’Utilities’ menu
2.2.1. SPSS help and support
2.2.2. Configuring the package
2.2.3. Making adjustments in the Output Viewer window
2.2.4. Entering commands in the Syntax Editor window
3. SPSS Statistics for Windows III
3.1.
SPSS for Windows The ’Analyze’ and ’Graphs’ menus: descriptive data analysis
3.1.1. The ’Reports’ option
3.1.1.1. ’Case Summaries’
3.1.2. The ’Descriptive Statistics’ option
3.1.2.1. ’Frequencies’
3.1.2.2. ’Descriptives’
3.1.2.3. ’Explore’
3.1.2.4. ’Crosstabs’
3.1.3. The ’Tables’ option
3.1.3.1. ’Custom Tables’
3.1.3.2. ’Multiple Response Sets’
3.1.4. The ’Compare Means’ option
3.1.5. The ’Correlate’ option
3.1.6. The ’Multiple Response’ option
3.1.7. The ’Graphs’ menu
3.1.7.1. ’Bar’
3.1.7.2. ’Area’
3.1.7.3. ’Boxplot’
3.1.7.4. ’Scatter/Dot’
3.1.7.5. ’Histogram’
Reading and study resources |
Consulteu la disponibilitat a CERCABIB
Book
VISAUTA, B. Análisis estadístico con SPSS 11.0 para Windows. Madrid [etc.] : McGraw Hill, 2007.
Web page
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). < http://www.ine.es >.
Centro de investigaciones sociológicas (CIS). < http://www.cis.es >.
Institut d’Estadística de Catalunya (IDESCAT). < http://www.idescat.cat >.
DIPUTACIÓ DE BARCELONA. Hermes. < http://www.diba.es/hg2/menu_ini.asp >.
Els alumnes disposen de diversos materials dissenyats per donar suport a l’aprenentatge dels continguts de l’assignatura, que es troben disponibles al campus de l’assignatura.
Es tracta de:
- Manual de Tècniques Informàtiques d’Investigació Social.
- Recull de problemes.
- Pràctiques proposades per ser resoltes per l’alumne.