PERb1109 Statistics

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2026
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
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
Prerequisites
TYP_STUDIA(B) && ! VPLb1132 Statistics
No special skills or knowledge is needed.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Abstract
Students will gain understanding of the basic concepts of statistics, ability to apply statistics in different stages of quantitative research in the field of personal development and empoyment. Main focus is 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
Key topics
  • Statistics and basic concepts
  • Descriptive statistics
  • Inferential statistics
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • MAREŠ, Petr; Ladislav RABUŠIC and Petr SOUKUP. Analýza sociálněvědních dat (nejen) v SPSS (Data analysis in social sciences (using SPSS)). První. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 508 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6362-4. info
    recommended 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
  • HOWITT, Dennis and Duncan CRAMER. Introduction to statistics in psychology. 5th ed. New York: Pearson, 2011, xlvi, 624. ISBN 9780273734307. 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
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Students will learn selected methods to analyse data, in PC labs they will analyse data from the field of personal management and employment, they will learn SPSS statistical package.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
two individual midterm exams on data analysis using SPSS group presentation of hypothesis test in SPSS final individual oral exam on understanding the basic concepts
Language of instruction
Czech
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2026, recent)
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