Ze0001 Methods in Geography

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Hana Pokorná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
basic knowledge with PC, MS Word, Excel, Internet
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
Student will be able to work with citations, work with data, tables, graphs, interpret data, tables graphs, make statistics maps, work with basic or nonbasic files, describe files. Geographical information and its verbal, tabular, graphic and cartographic processing including the use of basic statistical methods provided in basic program equipment.
Syllabus
  • Geography as a science using methods. Basic outline of methods, data, information and its sources, basic statistical terms, graphs, cartograms and diagrams, theoretical distribution, correlation and timelines.
  • 1. Creation and development of statistics, its past and present importance for geography.
  • 2. Sampling.
  • 3. Primary elaboration of statistical information (table, graph, statistical map and its basic components and principles of geographical feature organization and demonstration.
  • 4. Descriptive statistics and its use in practice (mean value, characteristics of variability, asymmetry and acuteness)
  • 5. Methods of timelines and its importance for analysis of development tendencies.
  • 6. Main geographical applications of several fields of mathematical statistics (theoretical distribution of random quantities, characteristics of dependence, testing).
  • 7. Use of special statistical PC programs in geography.
  • 8. Kvalitative methods in geographical research.
Literature
    required literature
  • BRÁZDIL, Rudolf. Statistické metody v geografii : cvičení. 3. vyd. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity, 1995, 177 s. ISBN 8021012609. info
    recommended literature
  • učebnice zeměpisu pro SŠ a ZŠ
    not specified
  • GREGOROVÁ, Gabriela and Valéria FILLOVÁ. Štatistické metódy v geografii. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Geo-grafika, 2004, 117 s. ISBN 8096814664. info
  • HERBER, Vladimír. Statistické metody v hydrologii I. 1. vyd. Brno: Rektorát Masarykovy university, 1990, 120 s. ISBN 80-210-0127-5. info
  • WOKOUN, René, Pavel PROŠEK, Zdeňka TARABOVÁ, Miroslav KOLÁŘ and Rudolf BRÁZDIL. Statistické metody v geografii : cvičení. Vyd. 1. Brno: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Brně, 1981, 177 s. info
  • CYHELSKÝ, Lubomír and Jan ZELINKA. Statistické metody v příkladech. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1960. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
Regular teaching according to the schedule, lectures. To complete this course successfully, it is necessary to pass a written test (theoretical and practical parts) – calculations, graphs, maps etc.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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