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SOS3003

Applied Social Statistics

Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.

Credits 15
Level Second degree level
Course start Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Assignment/Written examination

About

About the course

Course content

This course covers applied statistical data analysis with continuous and categorical variables. The emphasis will be on regular OLS analysis and how this can be used to examine various relationships between dependent variables (Y) and a set of continuous explanatory variables (X). The students are also introduced to logit regression and other techniques applied when Y is a categorical variable.

Learning outcome

Knowledge - the student shall:

  • be able to read academic literature in the social sciences where regression models are used with critical insights in the context of modeling assumptions and analysis results.

Skills - the student shall demonstrate the ability to:

  • carry out analyses with the help of the analytical models in which they received instruction.

Learning methods and activities

Teaching methods and activities: Lectures/seminars/assignments equivalent to 6 hours pr week.

Further on evaluation

Forms of assessment: A 6 hour written exam and the term paper. Each part counts half of the grade. In case of repetition, the student can repeat in either one of the parts or both. This applies both to a new assessment after failing and to an improvement in the grade.

Required previous knowledge

SOS1002 or the equivalent. The requirement must be fulfilled to be admitted to the course.

Course materials

To be decided at the start of the semester.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SVSOS316 15 sp
IDR3024 15 sp Autumn 2007
SOS3010 7.5 sp Autumn 2008
SOS3005 7.5 sp Autumn 2010
SOS8003 10 sp Autumn 2010
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Political Science

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Sociology and Political Science

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Assignment/Written examination
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

Assignment
Weighting 1/2 Date Submission 2025-12-09 Time Submission 14:00 Exam system Inspera Assessment
School exam
Weighting 1/2 Examination aids KALKULATOR Date 2025-11-21 Time 09:00 Duration 6 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room for school exam

The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.

Sluppenvegen 14
Room SL110 turkis sone
8 candidates

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

Assignment
Weighting 1/2 Exam system Inspera Assessment
School exam
Weighting 1/2 Examination aids KALKULATOR Duration 6 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.