Università Roma Tre

Quantitative and qualitative methodologies: Differences. Statistics as a tool for quantitative analysis. Elements of descriptive statistics: Univariate analysis. Organisation of data. Reading statistical tables and graphs. Application of statistical software to obtain results, their analysis and interpretation. Notions of Probabilities. Applications. Elements of sampling. Data collection and systematisation. Surveys. Use of databases to generate information. Statistical inference: Estimation of population parameters. Hypothesis testing. The relationship between variables: Simple and multiple linear regression models. Economic and social indices: Comparative analysis. Time series: Trend analysis and forecasting.