Initiation aux méthodes quantitatives

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BROCHURE

academic year

2023-2024

2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Dirk JACOBS (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Subjects: What is the "science" in social science? - Research Design - Validity and reliability - Sampling - Questionnaire Design - Data collection - Data analysis

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Introduction to quantitative methods: understand the link between conceptualisation and operationalisation ; understand the difference between statistical and descriptive inference; understand the concepts of validity and reliability ; being able to construct a standardised questionnaire ;

Teaching methods and learning activities

ex cathedra

Other information

Contacts

dirk.jacobs@ulb.ac.beAnne.Laure.Mathy@ulb.ac.be (assistant)

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

Other

Other

written exam plus critical research paper

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

75% exam and 25% research paperfor both the exam as the research paper the minimal threshold score needs to be achieved

Language(s) of evaluation

french