Social Statistics (Research Methods): University of Southampton

Course Description

This programme provides postgraduate instruction in social statistics for students whose interests lie in the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative social science data, or demography.

This programme will suit you if your interests lie in the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative social science data. The pathway meets the training needs of researchers applying social statistics methods in social policy, demography, market research and geography.

The programme is recognised by the ESRC as satisfying postgraduate training course requirements. You will register initially on the PG Dip and, depending on your success and requirements, can continue to work towards the MSc.

Programme Structure

Compulsory modules

• Communication and research skills
• Demographic methods 1
• Generalised linear models (double module)
• Qualitative methods (double module)
• Research strategy and design
• Social science data: sources and measurement
• Social research methods
• Survey design methods

Optional modules

• Advanced survey sampling
• Analysis of repeated measures
• Bayesian methods
• Computer-intensive statistical methods
• Contemporary demographic issues (double module)
• Demographic methods 2
• Design of experiments (double module)
• Epidemiological methods
• Measurement errors
• Multilevel modelling
• Multivariate analysis 1
• Multivariate analysis 2
• Sample survey theory
• Statistical computing
• Survival analysis

And

• Dissertation (MSc only)

Entry requirements

• Good second-class honours degree or equivalent