Social Science Data Analysis

Dr. Florian G. Hartmann is a research associate at the Chair of Social Science Methodology at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich. Dr. Johannes Kopp is Professor of Sociology at the University of Trier.Dr. Daniel Lois holds the professorship for Social Science Methodology at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich.

• On the task of empirical social research and quantitative data analysis in the sociological research process.- On the data situation: own data collections or secondary analyses?.- First steps of data analysis: preparation, data description and bivariate correlations.- Significance test.- Linear regressions.- On the logic of data analysis: Which evaluation strategy best fits my research question?.- Logistic regressions.- An outlook on advanced statistical analysis methods.