Class Data Analysis

To prepare students for the application of statistical techniques, descriptive and inferential, to analyze
data on the context of the course, based on the acquirement of a solid knowledge of basic and
fundamental concepts on applied statistics.
To prepare the student for doing academic scientific essays in the area of his/her cycle of studies, based
on the development of a logic and organized reasoning that allow the definition of valid hypothesis and an
adequate presentation of statistical results.
At the end of this unit, the students should:
1. Develop skills in the application of statistics, descriptive and inferential techniques in data
analysis;
2. Apply the knowledge learned in formulating valid hypotheses and presenting
statistical results adequately.

PC1.    Introduction to SPSS, databases creation and organization

PC2.    Descriptive statistics and exploratory

PC3.    Inferential statistics

PC4.    Parametric and nonparametric statistics

PC5.    Statistical power and effect size

PC6.    Analyses of association and correlation

PC7.    Univariate and bivariate group comparisons

PC8.    Simple regression analysis

Theoretical-practical exposition of the main models and analysis techniques. Systematized practical analysis and exercises in creation, development and analysis of databases and respective statistics

Field, A. (2013). Discovering Statistics Using SPSS (4ª ed). London: Sage.

João Marôco. (2014). Análise Estatística com o SPSS Statistics. 6ª edição. ReportNumber, análise e gestão de informação, LDA.

Martin, W. E. & Bridgmon, K. D. (2012). Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods: From Hypothesis to Results. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons

Martins, C. (2011). Manual de Análise de Dados Quantitativos com recurso ao IBM SPSS: Saber decidir, fazer, interpretar e redigir. Braga: Psiquilibrios.

Nikos Ntoumanis. (2001). A Step-by-Step Guide to SPSS for Sport and Exercise Studies. Publisher Routledge

Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2007). Using multivariate statistics. (5th ed.) Boston: Allyn and Bacon