MAE47 Data Processing and Evaluation

University College Prague – University of International Relations and Institute of Hospitality Management and Economics, Ltd.
summer 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Štěpán Chalupa, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives (in Czech)
The goal the subject is to obtain theoretical knowledge and practical competencies and skills connected to research planning, data collection and processing and further evaluation.
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
Knowledge: The student understands the methodological framework of research, various ways of data collection and their processing and evaluation. Competencies: The student is able to create a research proposal with a proper methodology to reach a specified goal. The student is able to process a wide range of simple research projects based on questioning, observation and experiments. Skills: The student knows how to propose and plan research projects and its parts. Student is able to collect data using various methods and analyze. Student knows how to present the outputs of the reserach project.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basics of research methodology.
  • 2. How to set o goal of the research project?
  • 3. Planning of research project and research design.
  • 4. Data and their classification.
  • 5. Methods of data collection.
  • 6. Questioning.
  • 7. Observation.
  • 8. Experiment.
  • 9. Data pre-processing.
  • 10. The analysis of quantitative data.
  • 11. The analysis of qualitative data.
  • 12. Presentation of research project outputs.
  • 13. Course overiview.
Literature
    required literature
  • LIND,D.A., MARCHAL,W.G., WATHEN S. A., Basic statistics for business and economics. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2012.ISBN978-0073521473.
  • BLUMAN, A.G.Elementary Statistics: a step by step approach. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. ISBN 978-0-07-353498-5
    recommended literature
  • SHARPE,N.R., DE VEUX, R.D., VELLEMAN, P.F. Business statistics. Boston:Adisson Wesley. 2009. ISBN978-0321426598.
  • BURGLEAR, J.Stats Means Business. Oxford:Routledge: 2010. ISBN 978-1856179478.
Teaching methods (in Czech)
Seminars, group project.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
The evaluation is based on the defence of the semestral research project.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2021, summer 2022, summer 2023, summer 2024.
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