Research and Statistics II
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Educational Sciences |
Instance: 2018/2019 - 2S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
With the implementation of this course is intended to deep the skills acquired in the previous curricular unit in the first semester, particularly in causation, considering the existence of multifactor etiological relationships.
Learning outcomes and competences
It is intended the students might be able for detecting confounding phenomena, coexistence and common cause effect. Finally, it is intended that the students distinguish and apply consistently, the concepts of statistical significance and clinical significance.
Working method
Presencial
Program
Advanced Statistics Module:
Oneway Anova; TwoWay ANOVA; Multivariate ANOVA. Simple and multiple linear regression. Logistic Regression. Association and causality Confounders.
Mandatory literature
Daniel Wayne W.;
Biostatistics. ISBN: 978-0471-45654-4
Maroco, J; Análise estatística com a utilização do SPSS, Sílabo. ISBN: 972-618-331-6
Tabachnick, Barbara G. and L. S. Fidell, ; Using multivariate statistics, Allyn and Bacon. ISBN: 0-321-05677-9
Marques de Sá, J. P; Applied statistics using SPSS, Statistica, MatLab and R, Springer. ISBN: 978-3-540-71971-7
Complementary Bibliography
Oliveira, A. G; Bioestatística, Epidemiologia e Investigação – Teoria e aplicações, Lidel, 2009. ISBN: 9789727575589
Teaching methods and learning activities
Presentation of theoretical-practical classes with resolution of statistical problems with the support of SPSS, and analysis of published articles.
Type of evaluation: Evaluation with final exam.
Software
SPSS
keywords
Physical sciences > Mathematics > Statistics > Medical statistics
Evaluation Type
Evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Exame |
100,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
36,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
18,00 |
Total: |
54,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Terms of frequency: Minimal presence in 75% of classes taught.
Calculation formula of final grade
Evaluation Formula: Final classification = assessement exam