Applied Statistics

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

In the lectures, the teacher explains the contents.

In the practical lessons, the students solve statistics exercises in informatics SPSS.

Final Evaluation (Guia Pedagógico e o Regulamento Geral de Avaliação da FCDEF-UC).

Learning Outcomes

- Get the basic notions of statistics, its terminology and its most usual statistics techniques in this area.

- Get the basic notions of Parametric and Non-Parametric Statistic, its terminology and its most usual techniques and in this area.

- Know some notions and skills of Informatics to do Parametric and Non-Parametric Tests in this area.

- Get the basic knowledge in Investigational Methodology in this area.

- Distinguish Parametric Statistic from Non-Parametric Statistic.

- Identify the conditions to use the Parametric and Non-Parametric Statistic tests in this area.

- Know and use some Parametric and Non-Parametric Statistic tests the most usual in this area.

- Use the statistic program SPSS to do Parametric and Non-Parametric Tests which were mentioned in 3.

- Know the b sic knowledge in Investigational Methodology in this area.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

PART I: Statistics; general notions; representing a statistical variable; reducing a statistical variable: central tendency measures, dispersion measures, shaping and curtose measures: correlation theory; Student T; Anova.

PART II: Non parametric tests: Qui-Square; Mann-Whitney; McNemar Wilcoxon; Kruskal-Wallis Cochran.

Head Lecturer(s)

Susana Isabel Vicente Ramos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Bryman, A.; & Cramer, D. (1990 ou 1993). Análise de dados em Ciências Sociais: Introdução às técnicas utilizando o SPSS. Oeiras: Celta Editora.

- Clegg, F. (1995). Estatística para todos. Lisboa: Gradiva.

- Costa, S.F. (1992). Introdução ilustrada à Estatística (com muito humor). São Paulo: Editora Harbra Lda..

- Ferguson, G.A.; & Takane, Y. (1989). Statistical analysis in Psychology and Education, 6ª ed. New York: McGraw Hill Company.

- Fortin, M. (2003). O processo de investigação – Da concepção à realização. Loures: Lusociência.

- Ghiglione, R. & Matalon, B. (1997). O inquérito – Teoria e prática. Oeiras: Celta Editora.

- Green, J.; & Oliveira, M. (1991). Testes estatísticos em Psicologia. Lisboa: Editorial Estampa.

- Hill, M. & Hill, A. (2000). Investigação por questionário. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.

- Kanj, G. (1999). 100 statistical tests. Oxford: Sage Publications.

- Martinez, L; & Ferreira, A. (2007). Análise de dados com o SPSS - Primeiros passos. Lisboa: Escolar Editora.