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

Versao Portuguesa

ANÁLISE E TRATAMENTO DE DADOS - 2018/2019

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Mestre Jorge Almeida
Assistant Professor: Mestre Jorge Almeida

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Understand and apply the appropriate descriptive univariate 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 using charts and graphs.
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 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

1 . Population, sample and variables. Variables and samples classification.
2. The use of the IBM SPSS Statistics: Construction of a data file. Application Overview in Windows environment. Operations and basic commands. Introduction of variables and data. Define variables. Introduction / data editing. Search event / data. Selection of cases. Weighting cases. Data transformation. Variable calculation. Recoding values.
3. Descriptive statistics: measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, shape measures, measures of association and graphical representation.

Evaluation Type

Performing two written tests.
Conducting a data analysis work and elaboration of a written report, according to the 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 Pestana, M. H.; Gageiro, J. N.
Title Análise de Dados para Ciências Sociais
Edition
Place Lisboa
Editor Edições Sílabo
Year 2008
Author Marôco, J.
Title Análise Estatística com o SPSS
Edition 6ª ed
Place Pêro Pinheiro
Editor ReportNumber
Year 2014

Complementary Bibliography

Author Pinto, Ricardo
Title Introdução à Análise de Dados
Author Norušis, M.
Title Pasw Statistics 18 Statistical Procedures Companio