VPLb1132 Statistics

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, Ph.D., M.Sc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 U32
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
VPLb1132/A: Wed 16:00–17:40 PC25
VPLb1132/B: Wed 18:00–19:40 PC25
Prerequisites
No special skills or knowledge is needed.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
Students will gain understanding of the basic concepts of statistics, ability to apply statistics in different stages of quantitative social policy and social work research with focus on data analysis and interpretation. Students will be strenghtened in their ability to oraly present gained knowledge.
Learning outcomes
-understand the basic concepts of statistics -apply statistics in different stages of quantitative social policy and social work research with focus on data analysis -interpret the results of statistical analysis -ability to oraly present gained knowledge
Syllabus
  • Statistics and basic concepts
  • Descriptive statistics
  • Inferential statistics
Literature
    required literature
  • Petr Mareš, Ladislav Rabušic. Materiál pro kurs Statistická analýza dat : (jak pracovat s daty a zadávat výpočty v SPSS) Brno : Soukromý tisk Masarykovy univerzity, [2001] Stránky: 93 s. SYSNO: KL:41587
  • MAREŠ, Petr, Ladislav RABUŠIC and Petr SOUKUP. Analýza sociálněvědních dat (nejen) v SPSS (Data analysis in social sciences (using SPSS)). První. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 508 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6362-4. info
  • HENDL, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat :analýza a metaanalýza dat. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004, 583 s. ISBN 8071788201. info
  • MORGAN, George A. and Orlando V. GRIEGO. Easy use and interpretation of SPSS for Windows : answering research questions with statistics. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1998, iv, 276. ISBN 0805829598. info
  • SWOBODA, Helmut. Moderní statistika. Edited by Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Translated by Jaromír Císař. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1977, 351 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Kenny, David A., 1987. Statistics for the social and behavioral sciences
  • GIBLISCO, Stan. Statistika bez předchozích znalostí. Translated by Zuzana Žižková. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer press, 2009, 272 s. ISBN 9788025124659. info
  • ŘEHÁK, Jan and Blanka ŘEHÁKOVÁ. Analýza kategorizovaných dat v sociologii. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1986, 397 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Students will learn selected methods to analyse data, in PC labs they will analyse data from the field of social policy and socialwork, they will learn SPSS statistical package.
Assessment methods
two individual midterm exams on data analysis using SPSS group presentation of hypothesis test in SPSS final individual oral exam on understanding the basic concepts
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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