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

Versao Portuguesa

ANÁLISE E TRATAMENTO DE DADOS - 2021/2022

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st 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 descriptive univariate statistics procedures, through the use of IBM SPSS Statistical (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) software .
Obtain basic statistical knowledge necessary for the preparation and understanding of quantitative studies.

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 use of statistical language.
Understanding and application of descriptive statistics.

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 . Introductory concepts of Statistics
- Concept of Population and Sample
- Concept of variable
- Variable measurement scale
2. The use of the IBM SPSS Statistics
- Application Overview in Windows environment. Operations and basic commands.
- Construction of a data file: 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
- Forms of data representation: frequency tables and graphs

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 Statistics
Edition 5rd
Place Los Angeles
Editor Sage
Year 2017
Author Martins, C.
Title Manual de Análise de dados quantitativos com recur
Place Braga
Editor Psiquilibrios Edições
Year 2020
Author Marôco, J.
Title Análise Estatística com o SPSS
Edition 7ª ed
Place Pêro Pinheiro
Editor ReportNumber
Year 2018

Complementary Bibliography

Author Pinto, Ricardo
Title Introdução à Análise de Dados
Author Pestana, M. H.; Gageiro, J. N.
Title Análise de Dados para Ciências Sociais
Edition 6.ª Ed.
Place Lisboa
Editor Edições Sílabo
Year 2014