UCL - Quantitative methods in social sciences II

[DEMO2710]

[20h + 20h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 1st semester.

Teacher(s): Bruno Schoumaker

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

This course completes the course of multivariate analysis in the social sciences I. It focuses on cohort analysis and on the analyses of interdependencies and typologies. The aims are :
- To master the tools of survey data analysis.
- To be able to understand and make use of the scientific literature resorting to these methods
- To be autonomous in the use of a data analysis software
- To be able to select a data analysis strategy related to a specific research question and to present and inter-pret the results.

Main themes

1. Multivariate analysis of longitudinal data : survival/event history analysis
2. Factor analysis : principal component analysis, factor analyses, correspondences factor analysis and multiple-correspondences factor analysis
3. Cluster analysis and segmentation methods.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Quantitative methods in social sciences I (DEMO 2170) or equivalent

Group work and oral examination

Course text on Icampus

Teaching assistant for tutorials