First Steps in Data Literacy: Exploring Crime Statistics

Applications to this course have now closed.

Fee type	Fee
Commercial, External  Academic and Student Fee	£300
Internal Student / Academic Fee	£200

Fee includes:

• Daily lunches and refreshments from our in house caterer.
• A certification upon completing your course, endorsed by the University of Essex Department of Sociology & Criminology.

The maximum number of participants for this course is 30.

The delivery of this course is dependent on a minimum number of applicants. In the unlikely event that this minimum is not met, we would have to reconsider the feasibility of running this course. 

The course runs from 9.45am to 5.15pm

By the end of this module, students should be able to…

• Define and explain key statistical concepts and principles of quantitative social science.
• Know how to find and download quantitative crime and policing data.
• Interpret statistical results appropriately.
• Critically evaluate quantitative results and findings.

This is an introductory course and suitable for all.

The application form includes a brief questionnaire relating to your experience and credentials, which you are required to complete as part of your registration.

The course is delivered entirely in English. Thus, you are required to be highly competent in English.

Dr Giacomo Vagni is a lecturer at the University of Essex, specialising in quantitative research methods and data analysis. He has extensive experience in conducting empirical data-driven research. Dr. Vagni has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Oxford, where his thesis focused on daily life, family change, and inequality. His research has been published in prestigious international and national academic journals, including The Proceeding of the Academy of Science, The British Journal of Sociology and The European Sociological Review.

Find out more about Dr Vagni by viewing his staff profile.