PB11PB4 Basic of Analysis of Quantitative Data

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
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
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 9:10–10:45 N31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PB21JA25a Methods and Techniques of Ped.
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
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.
Syllabus
  • 1) Quantitative research – paradigm 2) Data – measuring, data coding, matrix 3) Basics of statistical analyzing data – potential and limitation 4) Descriptive statistics 5) Frequency analysis 6) Comparison of data allocation and average values of these allocations 7) Basics of inferential statistics and testing of statistical hypothesis 8) Finding relations between variables and evaluating strength of these relations – bivariational analysis using contingency tables, correlative analysis
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HENDL, Jan. Přehled statistických metod : analýza a metaanalýza dat. 3., přeprac. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2009, 695 s. ISBN 9788073674823. info
  • PUNCH, Keith. Úspěšný návrh výzkumu. Translated by Jan Hendl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2008, 230 s. ISBN 9788073674687. info
  • HENDL, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat :analýza a metaanalýza dat. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004, 583 s. ISBN 8071788201. info
Teaching methods
The course is taught as both lectures and seminars. Attendance and participation in the course (min. 75%).
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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