Cursos / 2º Ciclo / Faculty of Economy and Business Management :: Management

MÉTODOS QUANTITATIVOS - 2023/2024

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 7.5

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Paula Rodrigues
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Paula Rodrigues

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 1 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

By being framed in the curriculum of a Master in Management, Quantitative Methods aims to provide students with an overview of the use of these tools in scientific research, as well as to develop skills to analyse and address issues of business sustainability, promoting the integration of ethical, social and environmental principles in management decisions.

Specific Aims/Objectives

It is intended to provide students with sufficient knowledge and tools related to the use of logic and methods of mathematics and statistics in the quantitative study of the environment, based on the collection, interpretation and quantification of data.

Skills to be acquired

Understand the techniques that enable data collection in Management.
Understand the differences between the various data analysis techniques.
Understand the utilisation of the results obtained.

Teaching Procedures

Theoretical concepts are developed and application exercises are solved on them. Students will have a set of exercises and cases to practice the acquisition of competences.

Programme

1. TYPES OF STUDIES
1.1 Exploratory Studies
1.2 Descriptive studies
1.3 Causal Studies
1.4 Quantitative Studies
1.5 Qualitative studies

2. Methods and techniques of information collection

2.1 Primary data collection - Questionnaires
2.2 Secondary databases

3. Advanced topics of quantitative methods for primary data
3.1. Factor Analysis
3.2 Cluster Analysis
3.3 Discriminant Analysis
3.4. SEM

4. Advanced topics in quantitative methods for secondary data
4.1 Multiple Linear Regression Models
4.2 Auto-regressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (ARCH) Model
4.3 Linear Probability, Logit, Probit and Tobit Models
4.4 Simultaneous Equation Models

Evaluation Type

Continuous evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the University´s evaluation regime.

Teaching Resources

The lectures will be given using electronic means. Will be available a set of more practical exercises for students to acquire skills. All the material support classes will be loaded in the University´s e-learning.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Population
sample,
variable,
models,
statistical inference,
quantitative methods

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