Cursos / 2º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: Criminology
MÉTODOS QUANTITATIVOS - 2023/2024
2º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 7.5
Teachers
Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Sofia Marques
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Sofia Marques
Class type and School hours
Teórico-prática : 1 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
1. Using IBM SPSS Statistics - Overview of the application in a Windows environment: Operations and basic commands.
2. Descriptive Statistics - Measures of central tendency, Measures of dispersion and Forms of data representation (frequency tables and graphs) using SPSS.
3. Inferential Statistics
Formulation of hypotheses: null and alternative hypotheses. Significance probabilities.
Association and Correlation Tests (Chi square; Pearson, Spearman, Biserial Point)
Student´s t test for comparing means of two independent samples
- non-parametric equivalent Mann Whitney test
Student´s t test for comparing means of two paired samples
- non-parametric equivalent Wilcoxon test
One-way ANOVA (comparison of more than two groups
- non-parametric equivalent Kruskal-Wallis test
Evaluation Type
Completion of 1 written work consisting of a quantitative report on a provided database, written according to
APA standards.
Students have to be present in 70% of classes to have continuous assessment.
Teaching Resources
Computer
Data show
IBM SPSS STatistics Software
Pedagogical supervision
Sustainability Objectives
Keywords
Data Analysis
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
SPSS
Main Bibliography
Author | Field, A |
---|---|
Title | Discovering Statistics Using SPSS Statistics |
Edition | 5th |
Place | London |
Editor | Sage |
Year | 2017 |
Author | Pallant, Julie |
Title | SPSS Survival Manual: A step by step guide to data |
Edition | 7th Ed |
Place | London |
Editor | Routledge |
Year | 2020 |
Author | Marôco, J. |
Title | Análise Estatística com o SPSS Statistics |
Edition | 8ª Ed |
Place | Pêro Pinheiro |
Editor | ReportNumber |
Year | 2021 |
Complementary Bibliography
Author | Martins, C. |
---|---|
Title | Manual de Análise de dados quantitativos com recur |
Author | Reis, E., Andrade, R., Calapez, T. & Melo, P. |
Title | Estatística Aplicada (Vol. 2) |
Edition | 6.ª Ed. |
Place | Lisboa |
Editor | Edições Sílabo |
Year | 2019 |