PB32PB75 Basics of statistics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Sedláček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 A01
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Základní znalost ovládání PC a tabulového procesoru např. MS Excel.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to approach basics of statistical analyzing data acquired from a quantitative survey. Students will be introduced especially to work with statistical sets and variables: creating a set, data navigation and data cleaning, set operations, data translation, creating new variables, case selection and to basic data analysis methods, i.e. to: (1) decomposition of categorical and continuous data and characteristics of this decomposition - univariational analysis; (2) comparison of data allocation and average values of these allocations: t-test, variants analysis; (3) basics of inferential statistics and testing of statistical hypothesis; (4) finding relations between variables and evaluating strength of these relations – bivariational analysis using contingency tables, correlative analysis; (5) finding linear relations between continuous variables: linear regression and scatterplot; (6) data reduction using factor analysis as an attempt to identify factors explaining higher correlation between particular variables (basics of multivariational analysis).
Syllabus
  • (1) decomposition of categorical and continuous data and characteristics of this decomposition - univariational analysis;
  • (2) comparison of data allocation and average values of these allocations: t-test, variants analysis;
  • (3) basics of inferential statistics and testing of statistical hypothesis;
  • (4) finding relations between variables and evaluating strength of these relations – bivariational analysis using contingency tables, correlative analysis;
  • (5) finding linear relations between continuous variables: linear regression and scatterplot;
  • (6) data reduction using factor analysis as an attempt to identify factors explaining higher correlation between particular variables (basics of multivariational analysis)
Literature
  • HENDL, Jan. Kvalitativní výzkum : základní metody a aplikace. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2005, 407 s. ISBN 8073670402. info
  • ANDĚL, J. Základy matematické statistiky. Praha: MFF UK, 2005. info
  • HENDL, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat :analýza a metaanalýza dat. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004, 583 s. ISBN 8071788201. info
  • SEBEROVÁ, Helena and Martin SEBERA. Počítačové zpracování dat II. 1. vyd. Vyškov: VVŠ PV, 1999, 134 pp. ISBN 80-7231-052-6. info
  • ZVÁRA, Karel. Biostatistika. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 210 s. ISBN 8071847739. info
Assessment methods
written tests
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006.
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