Course Unit / Statistics With SPSS

Statistics With SPSS

Year
1
Academic year
2018-2019
Code
02034099
Subject Area
Statistics
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
ECTS Credits
1.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
Non Degree Course

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The course takes place during two days. It is organised so that practical cases are presented and the most adequate corresponding procedures in SPSS are discussed. The assessment will be continuous, taking the participation of the trainee in the activities performed throughout the course into account. The final grade will be binary (approved/not approved).

Learning Outcomes

Provide the trainee with an integrated program that articulates the acquisition of fundamental statistical concepts with the execution of procedures in SPSS software, illustrated with real examples. In particular:

  • • identify statistical methods best tailored to specific problems in the biomedical field (comparisons between groups, association, correlation);
  • • select and use the SPSS Descriptive Statistics and Data Visualization commands;
  • • select and execute in SPSS some of the statistical tests most often used in biomedical data;

• interpret and critically analyze the results generated by SPSS;

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

  • How to structure data for statistical analysis;
  • How to choose the adequate statistical test;
  • Introduction to SPSS;
  • Normality assessment;
  • Chi-square test;
  • Testing correlations;
  • Tests for between-group comparisons;

Head Lecturer(s)

Francisco José Santiago Fernandes Amado Caramelo

Assessment Methods

Continuous assessment
The assessment will be continuous, taking the participation of the trainee in the activities performed throughout the course into account. The final grade will be binary (approved/not approved): 100.0%

Bibliography

- Biostatística com SPSS: abordagem prática; Miguel Patrício, Marisa Loureiro, Francisco Caramelo, Plátano Editora, 2017;

- Análise Estatística, com utilização do SPSS; João Maroco, Edições Silabo, 2007;

- Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Bernard Rosner, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2006;

- Bioestatística descodificada - Bioestatística, Epidemiologia e Investigação, A. Gouveia de Oliveira, Lidel, 2014;

- Métodos Quantitativos em Medicina, Massad, Menezes, Silveira & Ortega ed. Manole, 2004.