The first purpose of the course is to provide students with a conceptual overview of the statistical and econometric methods of data processing and analysis with emphasis on the choice – depending on the available data – of the appropriate methods and the conditions and procedures for their application. The second purpose of the course is to contribute to the understanding of the processes allowing the investigation of the relationships between various variables (expressing temporal and / or spatial phenomena), since the “increasing pressure” observed in planning and making rational decisions requires the development of adequate theoretical and empirical models on which the above analyzes can be based. After a brief reminder of the essential concepts of descriptive statistics, the first theoretical part of the course aims at presenting and analyzing specific topics of exploratory statistical analysis while the second theoretical part focuses on the methods of inductive statistics through which it is possible to draw reliable conclusions and projections. Through the systematic analysis of representative examples, emphasis is given on the implementation of the methods as well as on the interpretation of results according to the possibilities and limitations of the relevant statistical methods. The examples concern real data to help students become familiar with multiple aspects of site design.
The course aims:
The course is organized according to the following sections:
The evaluation process is structured as follows: 40% of the final grade comes from small exercises. Small exercises concern simple applications of the main statistical methods of data analysis. Excel, SPSS and GeoDaspace software will be used to prepare the work.
The remaining 60% of the final grade results from the preparation of the study (main work) and its presentation (oral) during the final exam period of the 2nd semester.
The Study (main work) is based on the use of combined methods and technical analysis in order to evaluate the obtained results on the basis of:
(a) statistical criteria (reliability of results) and,
(b) conceptual criteria:
The above assessment process gives to the students the opportunity to deal with the course during the semester and thus to be in time prepared for the oral presentation of their work at the end of the semester.
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