FSS:PUPn4468 Statistics and Research - Course Information
PUPn4468 Statistics and Research
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Fri 10:00–11:40 PC26
- Prerequisites
- no prerequisites
- 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 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 9/18, only registered: 0/18 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Social Policy and Employment Policy (programme FSS, N-PSPHR) (2)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (Eng.) (programme FSS, N-SP)
- Course objectives
- Students should: 1. understand to quantitative research and statistics and their utility/usefulness in public policy and human resources 2. be able to conduct quantitative research as a whole 3. be able to use statistics in quantitative research process 4. be able to interpret results of statistical data analysis in research journals (passive knowledge) 5. master selected introductory statistical methods (active knowledge)
- Learning outcomes
- 1. understand to quantitative research and statistics and their utility/usefulness in public policy and human resources 2. be able to conduct quantitative research as a whole 3. be able to use statistics in quantitative research process 4. be able to interpret results of statistical data analysis in research journals (passive knowledge) 5. master selected introductory statistical methods (active knowledge)
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction 2. Basic concepts and stages of quantitative research process 3. Role of statistics in different stages of quantitative research process
- Literature
- required literature
- AGRESTI, Alan and Christine A. FRANKLIN. Statistics : the art and science of learning from data. 3rd ed. Boston: Pearson, 2013, xxiii, 757. ISBN 9780321805744. info
- BABBIE, Earl R. The practice of social research. 9th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2001, 1 sv. (rů. ISBN 0-534-57474-2. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures and computer labs
- Assessment methods
- written test in SPSS
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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