| Center |
| Faculty of Law |
| Departament |
| Statistics and Operational Research |
| Lecturers in charge |
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| Met. Docent |
| In the theory sessions the teacher will introduce the statistical concepts and methods to the students. In the laboratory (computer room) the students will employ specific software to deal with the statistical problems. |
| Met. Avaluació |
| The final exam will consist of some practical questions and exercises. During the course the teacher will propose some case studies that will be evaluated. |
| Bibliografia |
| Peña, D., Romo, J. Introducción a la Estadística para las Ciencias Sociales. McGraw-Hill, 1997. Corberán, A. & Montes, F. Notas de clase. Dept. d?Estadística i I.O. U. de València. 1998 DeGroot, M.H. Probabilidad y Estadística. 2ª Ed. Addison Wesley Iberoamericana. 1988 Gutiérrez Cabria, S. Estadística para las Ciencias Jurídicas. Tirant lo Blanc, 1993 Samuels, M. L. Statistics for the Life Sciences. Dellen, 1989 Walker, M.A. Interpreting Crime Statistics. RSS Lecture Notes Series nº 1, 1995 |
| Continguts |
| 1. Describing Univariate and Bivariate Data 2. Normal and Chi-square Distributions 3. Estimation and Cofidence Intervals 4. Categorical Data Analysis |
| Objetius |
| This course covers the principal statistical concepts as applied to law sciences. Basic methods required for statistical analysis of data are reviewed. At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to correctly analyze studies with continuous data, and test hypotheses regarding a simple regression, a comparison of proportions or two means, or a contingency table with count data. |
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