PSB_889 Factor analysis

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Urbánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:30–14:05 G02
Prerequisites
PSA_0SZ Comprehensive Examination
Basics of statistics
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
Course objectives
The students will get working knowledge of the correlation analysis, regression analysis and factor analysis computations and interpretations.
Syllabus
  • Correlation coefficient
  • Simple linear regression
  • Multiple regression
  • Partial correlation coefficient
  • Factor analysis
Literature
  • URBÁNEK, Tomáš. Strukturální modelování v psychologii. 1st ed. Brno: Psychologický ústav AV ČR a Nakladatelství Pavel Křepela, 2000, 234 pp. ISBN 80-902653-4-0. info
  • MCDONALD, Roderic P. Faktorová analýza a příbuzné metody v psychologii. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1991, 252 s. ISBN 0-89859-388-3. info
  • BLAHUŠ, Petr. Faktorová analýza a její zobecnění. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1985, 354 s. URL info
Teaching methods
One 2 hour seminar per week
Work with the spreadsheet and statistical software
Assessment methods
Short report on the factor analysis of the students' own dataset
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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