Master in Global Sustainable Development and Global Governance (Plan: 473 - Estudio: 376)
EPC
Coordinating teacher: LAVEZZOLO PEREZ, SEBASTIAN
Department assigned to the subject: Social Sciences Department
Type: Additional training
ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS
Course: 0º
Semester: 1º
Objectives
-Basic knowledge of descriptive statistics.
-Basic knowledge of univariate and bivariate distributions.
-Basic knowledge of asociation measures.
-Basic knowledge of regresion analisys.
-Introduction to inferencial statistics.
-Basic knowledge of hypothesis testing.
Description of contents: programme
The course Basic Notions of Statistics provides to the students the fundamental concepts about:
Basic knowledge of descriptive statistics.
Univariate and bivariate distributions.
Regresion analisys.
Sampling, Uncertainty. Inferencial statistics.
Hypothesis testing.
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Learning activities and methodology
-Theoretical classes.
-Practical classes with problem sets solving.
Assessment System
% end-of-term-examination/test 90
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 10
Basic Bibliography
Bueno De Mesquita, E., & Fowler, A. . Thinking clearly with data: A guide to quantitative reasoning and analysis. . Princeton University Press.. 2021
Gailmard, S. . Statistical modeling and inference for social science. . Cambridge University Press. 2014
The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.
