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LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

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Seminar
Workshop

Module Offerings

5500BEASOC-SEP-PAR

Aims

1. To appraise the value of a number of univariate and bivariate manipulations of a secondary dataset; 2. To carry out appropriate univariate and bivariate analyses of a large dataset using a statistical computer package (SPSS), and, 3. To use these skills to generate sociological arguments based upon a large dataset

Learning Outcomes

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1. Understand the merits and limitations of researching British society/societies using survey-generated quantitative data;
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2. Carry out appropriate univariate and bivariate analyses of variables in a large quantitative dataset;
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3. Draw out and make sociological arguments based upon secondary data analysis of the large dataset, and,
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4. Write a research report based upon this analysis.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Measuring society using survey data; Exploring variables and recoding data; Univariate analysis; Bivariate analysis; Generating arguments based upon analysis of variables.
Additional Information:The module will have students understand, evaluate and analyse the merits and shortcomings of secondary data analysis of a large quantitative dataset, downloadable from the UK Data Archive.

Assessments

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Report