SPRb7724 Statistics

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Suchanec, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Jiří Vyhlídal, M.Sc. (seminar tutor)
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
Prerequisites
No special skills or knowledge is needed.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will gain understanding of the basic concepts of statistics, ability to apply statistics in different stages of quantitative social policy and social work research with focus on data analysis and interpretation. Students will be strenghtened in their ability to oraly present gained knowledge.
Learning outcomes
-understand the basic concepts of statistics -apply statistics in different stages of quantitative social policy and social work research with focus on data analysis -interpret the results of statistical analysis -ability to oraly present gained knowledge
Syllabus
  • Statistics and basic concepts
  • Descriptive statistics
  • Inferential statistics
Literature
    required literature
  • Kenny, David A., 1987. Statistics for the social and behavioral sciences
  • Petr Mareš, Ladislav Rabušic. Materiál pro kurs Statistická analýza dat : (jak pracovat s daty a zadávat výpočty v SPSS) Brno : Soukromý tisk Masarykovy univerzity, [2001] Stránky: 93 s. SYSNO: KL:41587
  • HENDL, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat :analýza a metaanalýza dat. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004, 583 s. ISBN 8071788201. info
    recommended literature
  • GIBLISCO, Stan. Statistika bez předchozích znalostí. Translated by Zuzana Žižková. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer press, 2009, 272 s. ISBN 9788025124659. info
  • MORGAN, George A. and Orlando V. GRIEGO. Easy use and interpretation of SPSS for Windows : answering research questions with statistics. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1998, iv, 276. ISBN 0805829598. info
  • SWOBODA, Helmut. Moderní statistika. Edited by Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Translated by Jaromír Císař. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1977, 351 s. URL info
    not specified
  • ŘEHÁK, Jan and Blanka ŘEHÁKOVÁ. Analýza kategorizovaných dat v sociologii. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1986, 397 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Students will learn selected methods to analyse data, in PC labs they will analyse data from the field of social policy and socialwork, they will learn SPSS statistical package. They will be encouraged to read and to work in groups.
Assessment methods
Students will work in groups on selected research topic Oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019.
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