SPR724 Statistics

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2018
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
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Kubalčíková, Ph.D.
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
Abstract
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. Next students will be strenghtened in their ability to work in groups as well as to oraly present gained knowledge.
Key topics
  • Statistics and basic concepts
  • Descriptive statistics
  • Inferential statistics
Study resources and 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
  • GIBLISCO, Stan. Statistika bez předchozích znalostí. Translated by Zuzana Žižková. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer press, 2009, 272 s. ISBN 9788025124659. info
  • HENDL, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat :analýza a metaanalýza dat. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004, 583 s. ISBN 8071788201. 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
  • ŘEHÁK, Jan and Blanka ŘEHÁKOVÁ. Analýza kategorizovaných dat v sociologii. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1986, 397 s. URL info
  • SWOBODA, Helmut. Moderní statistika. Edited by Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Translated by Jaromír Císař. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1977, 351 s. URL 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 social policy and socialwork, they will learn SPSS statistical package. They will be encouraged to read and to work in groups.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
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)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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