Università Roma Tre

Descriptive statistics: Data sets and tables. Graphs and charts. Mean, median, mode, quartiles and percentiles. Variance, standard deviation, variation coefficient, range, median absolute deviation, interquartile difference, Gini’s concentration index. Box-plot. Data transformation. Correlation and regression. Contingency tables: association and chi-square index, mean dependence.
Indicators for the social sciences : Measurement scales. Simple indicators and complex indicators.

Diamond I., Jeffries J. (2006), Introduzione alla Statistica per le Scienze Sociali, McGraw Hill, Milano (seconda edizione).
Borra S., Di Ciaccio A. (2008), Statistica. Metodologie per le Scienze Economiche e Sociali, McGraw Hill, Milano.