PřF:Z0157 Quantitative methods (t)

Z0157 Quantitative methods in geography (teachers of geography)

Faculty of Science
Autumn 1999

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Pavel Prošek, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Syllabus

Introduction. Quantification in geography. Fundamental statistical concepts. Methods of graphical representation in geography. Distribution of frequencies - absolute, relative, cummulative. Fundamental statistical characteristics of position, variability, skewness and kurtosis. Theoretical distributions - normal, Pearson' s IIIrd type, binomical, Poisson's, chi-square, Student's, t - and F - distributions. Selection investigations, point and interval estimates of parameters of the fundametal and the selected sets, confidence intervals. Fundametals of statistical testing, basic kinds of tests. Analysis of the dependence of variables - least squares method, linear and non-linear regressions, correlation dependences and their quantification, association dependences. Time series in geography.

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 2000, Autumn 2001.