Statistics

Not applicable

Theoretical:

• Use of expository-active methodology easy to understand by the students.
• The display will focus on the identification and understanding of the basic concepts of Statistics and its relation with the Health field.
• Display of methods and statistical techniques according to the clinical reality and its transposition into the computer environment.

Theoretical-practical:

• Focuses on the application of knowledge learned in theory using statistical analysis Software (IBM SPSS Statistics).
• The student will benefit from a strong practical component in statistical analysis Software from the formation of databases, aggregation, transformation and its manipulation.
• Application of different models of statistical analysis using specialized Software.

It is intended that the discipline of statistics is a working tool, a practical utility, enabling the analysis and
interpretation of results in the context of other subjects in the course and during their professional activity, as well
as reading and interpretation of articles of scientific and technological nature. It also aims to introduce some
statistical methods for analysis and prediction of outcomes as well as outputs of the interpretation of results.

General concepts
Population and sample
Sampling
Descriptive Statistics
Characteristics of the normal distribution
Statistical parametric and nonparametric
Nonparametric tests step-by-step
tests for two related samples
Tests for k independent samples
Test samples related to k
Measures of correlation and their tests of significance

NAO

Pestana, M.H.; & Gageiro, J.N. (2005). Análise de dados para Ciências Sociais – A complementaridade do SPSS, 1ª
ed. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.