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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Andrejs Ivanovs
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Information and Communication Science; Social Welfare and Social Work; Political Science; Management Science; Law; Social Anthropology; Sociology
Language:English
Branch of science:Mathematics

Objective

To provide knowledge about the use of statistical concepts in social sciences taking into account the development of digitalisation, to independently find the necessary data, group and analyse them using appropriate methods and to develop an understanding of the practical use of the obtained data in the presentation of the obtained results in the study.

Prerequisites

Knowledge in mathematics and informatics.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

On successful completion of the study course, students are able to identify knowledge that will allow to recognise the statistical terminology and the basic methods used in various publications.

Skills

Upon successful completion of the study course, students will be able to Correctly identify, prepare and enter data in the IBM SPSS Statistics. Analyse and create and edit tables and charts; systematise and select appropriate methods of data processing, incl. performing statistical hypotheses testing.

Competence

On successful completion of the study course, students will be able to correctly interpret the most important statistical indicators and to use the acquired basic statistical methods in the study data processing.

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