PERn4203 Advanced quantitative methods

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!TYP_STUDIA(B)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim is to understand basic methods of multivariate statistical analysis and master their application in the field of personal management and empploement.
Learning outcomes
-apply selected multivariate statistical methods on individual data -interpret the results of such analysis -use statistical package
Syllabus
  • Basics of SPSS
  • Basics of interval data analysis
  • Factor analysis
  • Linear regression
  • Multivariate linear regression
  • Basics of categorical data analysis
  • Binary logistic regression
  • Multinomial logistic regression
  • Ordinal logistic regression
Literature
    required literature
  • AGRESTI, Alan. An introduction to categorical data analysis. Third edition. Hoboken: Wiley, 2019, xiii, 375. ISBN 9781119405269. info
  • 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
  • FIELD, Andy P. Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics : and sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll. 4th edition. Los Angeles: Sage, Texts, 2014, xxxvi, 915. ISBN 9789351500827. info
  • 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
  • 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
Teaching methods
lectures and seminars on SPSS, reading
Assessment methods
- 2 analytical assignments on SPSS (20 points each, max. 2x20 = 40 points in total) - individual or group presentation of analysis (max. 20 points) - oral exam (max. 40 points) -alltogether 100 points max., 60 points needed to pass - compulsory attendance min. 80%
Language of instruction
Czech
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