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Estatística Aplicada

Código 17587
Ano 3
Semestre S1
Créditos ECTS 5
Carga Horária TP(45H)
Área Científica Matemática
Learning outcomes At the conclusion of the Course Unit the student must have acquired the following learning outcomes:

• Understand the fundamental concepts of probability theory, descriptive statistic and inferential statistic;

• Show the importance and utility of the theory of probabilities to solve real-life problems;

• Acquire skills to use the statistic in solving practical problems and to comment the results obtained through the data analysis;

• Acquire the ability to use a software to solve problems in the context of Sport Sciences;

• Interpret and analyze the sports results presented by organizations that develop physical activity;

• Demonstrate ability to select, formulate and apply the contents of exploratory data analysis in the analysis of sports data.
Syllabus I - Descriptive Statistics:
Organization and representation of data
Measures of central tendency and dispersion

II - Introduction to Probability:
Concepts of probability
Conditional Probability and Independence
Law of Total Probability and Bayes’ Theorem

III - Random Variables (R.V.) and their probability distributions:
Discrete and continuous R.V.
Characterization of some discrete and continuous probability distributions
Central Limit Theorem and its applications

IV - Introduction to Statistical Inference:
Sampling distributions
Confidence intervals for one mean and difference of means, one proportion and difference of proportions
Fundamental concepts of a hypothesis test (critical region; type I and II errors; test power; p-value)
Hypothesis tests for one mean and difference of means, one proportion and difference of proportions

V - Correlation and Simple Regression:
Correlation and determination coefficients
Estimation of regression coefficients (LSM)
Main Bibliography • Agresti, A. & Finlay, B. (2009). Statistical Methods for the Social Science, 4th ed. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.

• Guimarães, R.C. & Sarsfield Cabral, J.A. (2010). Estatística, 2ª ed. Verlag Dashöfer.

• Maroco, J. (2014). Análise Estatística com utilização do SPSS Statistics, 6ª ed.. Edições Sílabo.

• Murteira, B. & Antunes, M. (2012). Probabilidades e Estatística. Volumes I e II. Escolar Editora.

• Murteira, B., Ribeiro, C.S., Silva, J.A. & Pimenta, C. (2015). Introdução à Estatística, 3ª ed. Escolar Editora.

• Pestana, M.H., & Gageiro, J.N. (2014). Análise de dados para Ciências Sociais - A complementaridade do SPSS. 6th Ed. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.

• Robalo, A. (2003). Estatística:Exercícios, 5ª ed. Volumes I e II. Edições Sílabo.

• Vincent, W. & Weir J. (2012). Statistics in Kinesiology, 4th ed. Human Kinetics Publishers.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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Data da última atualização: 2025-09-18
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