30210
Seminar
WiSe 14/15: Quantitative Methods in Educational Research
Reinhard Pollak
Information for students
Breen, Richard; Luijkx, Ruud; Müller, Walter and Pollak, Reinhard: Long term-trends in educational inequality in Europe: class inequalities and gender differences; in: European Sociological Review 26: 31-48.
Breen, Richard and Jonsson, Jan O. (2000): Analyzing Educational Careers: A Multinomial Transition Model; in: American Sociological Review 65: 754-772.
Mare, Robert D. (1980): Social Background and School Continuation Decisions; in: Journal of the American Statistical Association 75:295- 305.
Kohler, U. and Frauke Kreuter (2012): Data Analysis Using Stata. 3rd Edition; College Station: Stata Press
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Comments
How to analyze social inequalities in education across Europe? Is there more or less educational inequality over time in Europe? And which European countries show a particularly high degree of educational inequalities? To answer these questions, sociologists use quantitative methods of educational research. The seminar will provide a broad overview of various analytical approaches, based on different measures of education and based on specific research questions.
The seminar has two parts: The first part will introduce students to different measures of education (including comparative measures), different concepts of educational inequalities, and different methods according to the concepts. In the second part, students get hands-on experience in the analysis of educational inequalities. Using Stata in the computer lab, students will apply selected models (linear regression models, bivariate, ordinal and multinomial logistic regression models) and learn how to interpret the empirical results. Based on these exercises, students are expected to write an empirical seminar paper.
Requirements for credit:
Empirical seminar paper (about 3.000 words)
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16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Thu, 2014-10-16 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2014-10-23 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2014-10-30 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2014-11-06 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2014-11-13 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2014-11-20 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2014-11-27 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2014-12-04 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2014-12-11 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2014-12-18 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2015-01-08 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2015-01-15 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2015-01-22 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2015-01-29 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2015-02-05 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)
Thu, 2015-02-12 14:00 - 16:00
B004/005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Reichpietschufer 50)