quantitative research methods lse

The MSc Quantitative Methods for Risk Management offers world-class training in mathematical, statistical, and machine learning methods for the modelling and analysis of risk in financial markets and beyond. This programme has been created in response to industry’s strong demand for experts with a deep understanding of risk and a modern ...

We offer postgraduate programmes in social research methods, applied social data science and demography, welcoming around 80 students each year. As a department, we also provide training for thousands of students and staff across LSE on research design, qualitative, quantitative and computational methods.

Department of Methodology. The Department is an international centre of excellence in social science methodology. We offer postgraduate programmes in social research methods, applied social data science and demography. We also run courses for students across LSE covering research design, qualitative, quantitative and computational methods.

This course is intended for those with little or no past training in quantitative methods. The course is an intensive introduction to some of the principles and methods of statistical analysis in social research. Topics covered in MY451 include descriptive statistics, basic ideas of inference and estimation, contingency tables and an introduction to linear regression models.

SO491. Half Unit. Quantitative Social Research Methods. This information is for the 2021/22 session. Dr Yazmin Morlet Corti STC.S114. This course is available on the MPhil/PhD in Cities Programme, MPhil/PhD in Sociology, MSc in Economy and Society, MSc in Political Sociology and MSc in Sociology. This course is available with permission as an ...

The MSc Quantitative Methods for Risk Management (formerly known as MSc Risk and Stochastics) offers in-depth instruction in probabilistic, statistical, and computational methods to quantify risk arising from, but not limited to, economic, financial, and insurance applications. This programme is LSE’s timely response to industry’s strong ...

SO491. Half Unit. Quantitative Social Research Methods. This information is for the 2020/21 session. Teacher responsible. Dr Burak Sonmez STC.S206. Availability. This course is available on the MPhil/PhD in Cities Programme, MPhil/PhD in Sociology, MSc in Economy, Risk and Society, MSc in Political Sociology and MSc in Sociology.

Why LSE. The department is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in social science research methodology. We offer postgraduate programmes in social research methods, applied social data science and demography, welcoming around 80 students each year. As a department, we also provide training for thousands of students and staff ...

The course is also available to research students as MY551. An intensive introduction to quantitative data analysis in the social sciences. The course is intended for students with no previous experience of quantitative methods or statistics. It covers the foundations of descriptive statistics and statistical estimation and inference.

MSc Social Research Methods is now open for 2025/26 applications. Visit the MSc Social Research Methods online prospectus page for full details. This programme will equip you with theoretical understanding and practical skills in all stages of research in the social sciences – from design to data collection, analysis and interpretation, and ...