Course: Basics of Research and Statistics

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Course title Basics of Research and Statistics
Course code KKO/P4ZVY
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrabalíková Ludmila, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Soukalová Kristýna, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Research, its forms and division, organizational forms in scientific communication, reviews of professional publications. Basics of probability. Basics of descriptive statistics, survey analysis. Point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing principle, correlation, contingency. Questionnaire surveys. Scales. Research preparation - searches, public databases, creation of questionnaires. Tables, graphs. Statistical file characteristics, survey analysis, point and interval estimation, interpretation of results. Basics of working with the STATISTICA program. Processing of own data, preparation of semester work.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquire knowledge of the basics of scientific research and the basics of statistical data processing, so as to create a general basis for the elaboration of a bachelor's thesis.
Student gets an idea about the basics of research and scientific work, learn the basic concepts of statistical data processing and will be able to create and manipulate basic research and the obtained data. Students will learn how to correctly interpret the findings from the survey. All of the acquired knowledge, including typography student will use virtually the processing of my thesis.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Compliance with the mandatory 80% participation in the exercise. Compliance with the mandatory 50% participation in lectures. Elaboration of semestral work. Credit: written test (Moodle, Statistica) focused on the basics of statistics. Exam: written test (Moodle) focused on theoretical basics.
Recommended literature
  • GIBILISCO, S. Statistika bez předchozích znalostí. Brno: Computer Press, 2009.
  • Kapounová, Jana. Bakalářská a diplomová práce . Praha: Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-271-0079-8.
  • LEPŠ, J., ŠMILAUER, P. Biostatistika. České Budějovice: Nakladatelství Jihočeské univerzity v Českých Budějovicích, 2016.
  • PECÁKOVÁ, I. Statistika v terénních průzkumech. 2. dopl. vyd., Praha: Professional Publishing, 2011.
  • ZVÁROVÁ, J. Základy statistiky pro biomedicínské obory. Praha: Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 80-7184-786-0.


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