Social Policy with Quantitative Methods

About this course

Social policy is the study of how societies address shared problems, examining the welfare state, public services, healthcare, housing, education, and social security through the lens of politics, economics, sociology, and history. It asks how policy is made, who benefits and who is left behind, and how different countries and traditions have responded to poverty, inequality, disability, and social risk. Quantitative methods as a specialism within this field addresses a critical practical need, since the ability to work with large datasets, statistical evidence, and social surveys is central to much contemporary policy research and evaluation. At the University of Edinburgh, this four-year full-time programme combines a thorough grounding in social policy analysis with technical training in statistical methods, data handling, and quantitative research design. You will study the developm

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