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Quantitative economic, social and spatial analyzes - a researcher's workshop-exercises

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Course ID: 4208-IAEc
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.6 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Quantitative economic, social and spatial analyzes - a researcher's workshop-exercises
Name in Polish: Ilościowe analizy ekonomiczne, społeczne i przestrzenne - warsztat badacza - ćwiczenia
Organizational unit: Centre for European Regional and Local Studies
Course groups: (in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla I roku studiów regionalnych i lokalnych
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
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Language: Polish
Type of course:

obligatory courses
Short description:

A seminar linked to the lecture ‘Quantitative economic, social and spatial analyzes ‘. The goal of the seminar is to practice the quantitative and graphical analysis applicable in social and economic research. I covers data management issues, data transformation, basic statistics and econometrics, maps & graphs and report writing exercises. Students are trained in using professional software ( Statistica, Stata, QGIS)
Full description:

A seminar linked to the lecture : ‘Quantitative economic, social and spatial analyzes’. The goal of the seminar is to practice the quantitative and graphical analysis applicable in social and economic research. I covers data management issues, data transformation, basic statistics and econometrics, maps & graphs and report writing exercises. Students are trained in using professional software Statistica, Stata, QGIS)
Bibliography:

1. W.Starzynska, Statystyka praktyczna, WN PWN 2005.

2. E. Babbie, Badania społeczne w praktyce, WN PWN 2003.

3. R. Johnson , Elementary statistics, PWS-Kent, 1984.
Learning outcomes:

Student (1) knows and understands the main quantitative methods used in urban and regional studies

(K_W01)

(2)describes techniques and instruments of acquiring data and modelling of spatial processes (K_W01)

(3)can choose techniques and quantitative methods to solving of particular problems from the field of urban and regional studies

(K_U03)

(4) creates quantitative indices and uses them in quantitative analysis by using specialized computer programming

(K_U03)

(5)can prepare and carry out individual research project in the field of urban and regional studies in which quantitative methods are employed

(K_U07)
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Evaluation is issued based on the quality of the research project led by students (100%).

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28
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Type of class:
Classes, 30 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators: Mikołaj Herbst
Group instructors: Mikołaj Herbst
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