MSc Social Statistics (Research Methods)

Master

In Southampton

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your course
Are you passionate about investigating social issues and finding evidence through statistics? If so, the Masters in Social Statistics degree will provide you with theory and the fundamental aspects behind social statistics. This masters degree at the University of Southampton will develop your understanding of population change through survey methods and design, while examining the principles of data collection. The Masters in Social Statistics (Research Methods Pathway) is excellent preparation for a career in social science research in government, national and international organizations or in the private sector.

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Subjects

  • Credit
  • Statistics
  • Social Science

Course programme

Year 1

Supervised research for MSc Social Statistics
If you pass the Diploma examinations, you will be permitted to undertake supervised research starting in June and to submit a dissertation for the MSc in September. Providing satisfactory supervision arrangements can be made, you can work on a topic of your own choice.

Dissertations are about 15,000 words in length. They should demonstrate your mastery of the topic area, but they are not expected to contain a substantial original contribution. They generally take the form of a computer-based analysis of social science data or a computer-based examination of a statistical technique.

Dissertation examples

  • multilevel analysis of child survival in Lesotho
  • the under-reporting of various crimes amongst different subgroups in the UK
  • determinants of poverty in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
  • volunteering and civic engagement
  • child nutritional status in central Asia and eastern Europe
  • whether family background impacts differently on educational achievement in comprehensive schools compared to traditionally tracked schools: a study on Germany with PISA data
  • return migration in Jamaica

In addition to the core and compulsory modules listed below, option modules to the value of at least 40 CATS but no more than 45 CATS must be selected. Modules on other MSc programmes (e.g. MSc Economics) may be taken as options after discussion with your academic tutor and the MSc programme coordinator

Core [?]

A core module is a module which must be taken and passed.

STAT6077Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Social Science Data: Sources and Measurement

STAT6022Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 60

Dissertation

RESM6104Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Quantitative Methods I (Intensive)

RESM6107Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Quantitative Methods II (Intensive)

Compulsory

STAT6099Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Research Skills

STAT6108Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Analysis of Hierarchical (Multilevel & Longitudinal) Data

RESM6003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Qualitative Methods 1

RESM6005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Survey Design

DEMO6020Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Demographic Methods I

Optional

DEMO6021Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Understanding Population Change

MATH6027Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Design of Experiments

STAT6079Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Computer Intensive Statistical Methods

STAT6084Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Multivariate Analysis

STAT6086Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Survey Methods I

DEMO6022Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Demographic Methods 2

DEMO6023Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Population, Poverty & Policy

DEMO6026Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Population and Reproductive Health

GERO6017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 20

Researching Ageing Societies

GLHE6001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Critical Issues in Global Health: Concepts and Case Studies

GLHE6002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Methods and Analysis of Global Health Trends and Differentials

MATH6021Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 7.5

Survival Analysis

MATH6033Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 7.5

Epidemiological Methods

MATH6068Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 7.5

Statistical Genetics

MATH6152Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Statistical Computing

RESM6001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Philosophy of Social Science Research

RESM6006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 10

Qualitative Methods 2

SOCI6045Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 20

Development and Migration

Additional information

Study Locations: , Highfield campus

MSc Social Statistics (Research Methods)

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