Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences :: Psychology
ESTATÍSTICA - 2018/2019
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
To understand and apply the appropriate inferential statistics procedures, through the
use of IBM SPSS Statistical (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) software .
Specific Aims/Objectives
To select and apply, critical and reasoned, the most appropriate statistical procedure.
To present and correctly interpret the results.
To 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 descriptive and 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 brief practice works on the application of knowledge and skills, involving statistical analysis and respective report writing according to the APA style.
Programme
Theory of Sampling.
Theoretical probability distributions: Normal distribution.
Estimation theory. Estimator notion. Parameter estimation methods.
Probability theory.
Theory of hypotheses.
T Student´s test to compare means.
Parametric and non-parametric statistics.
Evaluation Type
2 mini written tests.
Teaching Resources
Computer
Data show
IBM SPSS STatistics Software
Sustainability Objectives
Keywords
Data Analysis
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
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 |