Course: Basics of Quantitative Methods

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Course title Basics of Quantitative Methods
Course code MUSKM/1ZKME
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Urbánek Tomáš, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kunčar Aleš, Ing.
Course content
- Introduction to a questionnaire survey and hypotheses - Import and cleaning of data before analysis in MS Excel - Descriptive statistics in MS Excel - T-tests in MS Excel - ANOVA + post-hoc tests in MS Excel - Introduction to programming in R - Working with dataframes in R - Descriptive statistics in R - Basic statistical tests in R - Association tests in R

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Exercises on PC, Practice exercises
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 13 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 36 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Defines the principle of questionnaire survey
Defines the principle of questionnaire survey
Clarifies the differences between data types
Clarifies the differences between data types
Defines the principle of statistical hypothesis testing
Defines the principle of statistical hypothesis testing
Explains the principle of basic statistical tests
Explains the principle of basic statistical tests
Clarifies the concept of data reporting
Clarifies the concept of data reporting
Skills
Develops research questions and hypotheses
Develops research questions and hypotheses
Develops a questionnaire survey
Develops a questionnaire survey
Decides which statistical test is appropriate for statistical hypothesis testing
Decides which statistical test is appropriate for statistical hypothesis testing
Applies software for evaluation of statistical test
Applies software for evaluation of statistical test
Interprets the results of a statistical test
Interprets the results of a statistical test
teaching methods
Knowledge
Practice exercises
Lecturing
Practice exercises
Exercises on PC
Exercises on PC
Lecturing
assessment methods
Analysis of the student's performance
Grade (Using a grade system)
Analysis of the student's performance
Grade (Using a grade system)
Recommended literature
  • Curwin,J., Slater,R., Eadson,D. Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions. 7th ed. Andover, UK, Cengage Learning, 2013. ISBN 978-1-480-6012-4.
  • Knight, Gerald. Analyzing business data with Excel [elektronický zdroj]. Sebastopol, CA : O´Reilly Media, 2006. ISBN 978-0-596-10073-5.
  • Liengme, B. V. A guide to Microsoft Excel 2007 for scientists and engineers. Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press/Elsevier, 2009. ISBN 978-0-12-374623-8.
  • MacDonald, Matthew. Excel 2007 [elektronický zdroj] : the missing manual. Sebastopol, CA : Pogue Press/O´Reilly, 2007. ISBN 978-0-596-52759-4.
  • Proctor, K. Scott. Building financial models with Microsoft Excel : a guide for business professionals. 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2010. ISBN 978-0-470-48174-5.
  • Remenyi, D., Onofrei, G., English, J. An introduction to statistics using Microsoft Excel. UK: Academic Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-1-906638-55-9.
  • Salkind, N. Excel statistics: a quick guide. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4833-7404-8.
  • Triola, M. F. Elementary statistics. 12h ed.. Harlow: Pearson, 2014. ISBN 978-1-292-03941-1.
  • Triola, Mario F. Elementary statistics using Excel. 4th ed. Boston : Addision-Wesley, 2010. ISBN 978-0-321-56496-2.


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