Levelling up Group

• Levelling Up Statistics
• Basic Economics
• New Social Developments
• Concepts of Social Policy
• Labour Market Policy
• Analytical Demography

Socio Economic Policy Group

• Social Problems and Reforms Seminar
• Social Policy
• Comparative and International Socio-economic Policy

Policy Evaluation Group

• The Policy Cycle
• Evaluation Techniques and Tools

Statistics & Research Group

• Statistics & Research Methods part 1
• Statistics & Research Methods part 2

Master Dissertation

• Master Dissertation

0ptional courses

• Applied Methodology
• Performance audit in social policy

Courses: Levelling up Statistics

Teaching staff

Dr. Wilco Emons (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
Prof. Jacques Hagenaars (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

Objectives

It is assumed that participants have followed an undergraduate course in descriptive and inferential statistics, in data analysis techniques, and in research methodology. The objective of the course is in part to refresh the statistical and methodological knowledge and, if necessary, to adjust certain minor shortcomings.

Contents

Statistics (Dr. Emons): Basics of

Principles of research and basic analysis techniques (Prof. Hagenaars):

In this levelling up part, first, an overview is presented of all steps in the research process: formulating the research problem, operationalization, collecting and analyzing the data, interpreting the outcomes. Next basic analysis techniques are discussed: multi-way tables analysis for categorical data and simple regression analysis for continuous data. Finally, basic principles of measurement and scaling are explained. Throughout it is assumed that students know at least the elementary principles underlying techniques.