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Course: Statistical Methods

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Course title Statistical Methods
Course code FYT/KRP08
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Langová Kateřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: - the meaning and significance of statistics for healthcare; population, random selection, inference, induction, - general scheme of a research project; methods of data collection, - data processing; analysis, interpretation and presentation of results, - basics of probability theory, basic characteristics of screening and diagnostic tests, ROC curve, - random variable and probability distribution, - selection and descriptive statistics, - estimation of population means, - basic principles of testing hypothesis, parametric tests (t-tests and ANOVA), non-parametric tests (Mann-Whitney U-test, Wilcoxon test, Kruskal-Wallis test), - analysis of categorical data, contingency table, chi-square test, Fisher's test, McNemar's test, correlation and regression analysis, factor analysis, - questionnaire validation - content, construct, and convergent validation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The main objective of the course is to introduce the methods of collecting, storing, processing, analysing and interpretating data using statistical methods. Students will learn the basic methods of statistical analysis and data processing in healthcare.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
100 % attendace at the seminars, written test.
Recommended literature
  • Hendl, J. (2015). Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat. Analýza a metaanalýza dat. Praha: Portál.. Praha: Portál.
  • Hendl, J.& Remr , J. (2017). Metody výzkumu a evaluace. Praha: Portál.
  • Langová, K. et al. (2017). Statistika v biomedicínském výzkumu III.
  • Langová, K. et al. (2017). Statistika v biomedicínském výzkumu II.
  • Polit, D., Beck, Ch. (2017). Study Guide for Essentials of Nursing Research. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
  • Tappen, R. M. (2015). Advanced nursing research, 2nd Edition. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
  • Zvárová, J. (2016). Základy statistiky pro biomedicínské obory. Praha: Karolinum.


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Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 01.05.2025 23:59. Data created for academic year 2024/2025