ZUR357 Statistical data analysis

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Renáta Sedláková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Timetable
each even Thursday 16:00–17:40 PC25
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
Students will acquaint with basic statistical procedures and will learn to work with the statistical software SPSS.
Syllabus
  • Lesson 1 - introduction
  • Lesson 2 Research problem, research questions, and variables.
  • Lesson 3 Survey data. Basic steps in the SPSS.
  • Lesson 4 Nominal and ordinal data distribution.
  • Lesson 5 Continuos data distribution.
  • Lesson 6 Variable transformation.
  • Lesson 7 Variable transformation - examples and practise.
  • Lesson 8 Normal distribution.
  • Lesson 9 Hypoteses testing, statistical infernce.
  • Lesson 10 Comapring means.
  • Lesson 11 Crosstabs.
  • Lesson 12 Meassures of asociation, latent variables.
  • Lesson 13 Exercise and practice.
Literature
  • NORUŠIS, Marija J. SPSS introductory statistics : student guide. Chicago: SPSS, 1990, 420 s. ISBN 0-13-178062-X. info
  • FIELD, Andy. Discovering statistics using SPSS for Windows : advanced techniques for the beginner. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2000, xii, 496 s. ISBN 0-7619-5754-5. info
  • BLACK, Thomas R. Doing quantitative research in the social sciences : an integrated approach to research design, measurement and statistics. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 1999, xiv, 751 s. ISBN 0-7619-5352-3. info
  • NORUŠIS, M. J. SPSS 12.0 guide to data analysis. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2004, xviii, 637. ISBN 0131478869. info
  • BRYMAN, Alan and Duncan CRAMER. Quantitative data analysis with SPSS Release 8 for windows : a guide for social scientists. 1st. pub. London: Routledge, 1999, xvi, 303. ISBN 0415206979. info
  • HENDL, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat :analýza a metaanalýza dat. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004, 583 s. ISBN 8071788201. info
Assessment methods
Intensive course: lecture and seminar.
Credit: home work, running tests.
Exam: written test (teoretical and practical part).
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017.
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