Social Statistics (Statistics pathway): University of Southampton

Course Description

This programme provides postgraduate instruction in the theory and methods of social statistics for students whose interests lie in the collection and analysis of quantitative social science data.

This programme offers vocational training for professional social statisticians. It is suitable if your interests lie in the collection and analysis of quantitative social science data. The programme is recognised by the ESRC as satisfying postgraduate training course requirements. You register initially on the PG Dip and, depending on your success and requirements, can continue to work towards the MSc. The pathway meets the training needs of postgraduate researchers in social statistics methodology.

Programme Structure

Compulsory modules

• Communication and research skills
• Generalised linear models (double module)
• Multivariate analysis 1; Research strategy and design
• Sample survey theory
• Social research methods
• Social science data: sources and measurement
• Statistical computing
• Survey design methods

Optional modules

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

And

• Dissertation (MSc only)

Entry requirements

• Good second-class honours degree or equivalent