Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences :: Psychology

Versao Portuguesa

ESTATÍSTICA - 2017/2018

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Sofia Marques
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Sofia Marques

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Understand and apply the appropriate inferential statistics procedures, through the
use of IBM SPSS Statistical (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) software .

Specific Aims/Objectives

Select and apply, critical and reasoned, the most appropriate statistical procedure.
Present and correctly interpret the results.
Understand and use statistical language, particularly with regard to reading and writing research
reports, according to the APA style.

Skills to be acquired

Using IBM SPSS Statistics for registration and data analysis.
Understanding and application of inferential statistics.
Understanding and use of statistical language.

Teaching Procedures

Theoretical -Practical classes using the lecture method and problem solving / practical exercises
in IBM SPSS Statistics.
Carrying out a work involving statistical analysis and report writing under the rules of APA style.

Programme

Theoretical probability distributions: Normal distribution.
Estimation theory. Estimator notion. Parameter estimation methods.
Theory of chances. T Student´s test to compare means.

Evaluation Type

Theoretical -Practical classes using the lecture method and problem solving / practical exercises
in IBM SPSS Statistics.
Carrying out a work involving statistical analysis and report writing under the rules of APA style.

Teaching Resources

Computer
Data show
IBM SPSS STatistics Software

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Data Analysis
Descriptive Satistic
SPSS

Main Bibliography

Author Field, A
Title Discovering Statistics Using SPSS
Edition 3rd
Place London
Editor Sage
Year 2009
Author Martins, C.
Title Manual de Análise de dados quantitativos com recur
Place Braga
Editor Psiquilibrios Edições
Year 2011
Author Pestana, M. H. Gageiro, J. N
Title Análise de Dados para Ciências Sociais
Edition 5ª ed
Place Lisboa
Editor Edições Sílabo
Year 2008