Z7890 Application in Regional and Social Geography

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ondřej Mulíček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniel Seidenglanz, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ivan Andráško, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Ondřej Mulíček, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PROGRAM(N-GK)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to enhance analytical skills of students and their capacity to apply different methods to solution of concrete practical issues. At the end of the course the students will be able to solve different problems by application of advanced statistical methods (such as multiple regression, factor, cluster), methods of demographic projections, and methods of stategic documents preparation.
Syllabus
  • Topics of lectures: 1. Changing approaches to doing research in human geography.
  • 2. Demographic projection methods (cohort-component method, mathematical methods etc.).
  • 3. Construction of demographic life tables, life expectancy.
  • 4. Discriminant analysis and its application in human geography.
  • 5. Cluster analysis and its application in human geography.
  • 6. Factor analysis and its application in human geography.
  • 7. Introduction to analysis of large data sets in human geography.
  • 8. Regional HDP, analysis of labor market development.
  • 9. Assessment of employment structure, specialization, diverzification.
  • 10. Methods of preparation and negotiation of strategic programming documents for bodies on various hierarchical level of goverment.
  • 11. Regression analysis and examples of its application in social and electoral geography. 12. Geographical perception and examples of application of spatial preferences maps in prognosing migration trends.
Literature
  • HEBÁK, a kol. Vícerozměrné statistické metody 2. Praha: Informatorium Praha, 2005. info
  • HEBÁK, Petr. Vícerozměrné statistické metody 3. Praha: Informatorium, 2005. ISBN 80-7333-039-3. info
  • HERNANDEZ, Michael J. and John VIESCAS. Myslíme v jazyku SQL : tvorba dotazů. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2004, 378 s. ISBN 802470899X. info
  • ROWLAND, D. T. Demographic methods and concepts. 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, xiv, 546. ISBN 0198752636. info
  • Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost :příručka pro uživatele. Edited by Miroslav Disman. 3. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 374 s. ISBN 80-246-0139-7. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, examples of geographical practices
Assessment methods
Lectures, practical examples, class discussion, small individual projects. The course ends with an oral colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.