Overall objectives:

Apply basic knowledge and mathematical techniques to concrete problems in the field of civil protection.

Develop deductive logical reasoning and the abilities of abstraction and analysis.

 

Encourage the abilities of modeling, formulation, and problem-solving.

Promote critical thinking, rigor in analysis and in the communication and presentation of data and results.

Develop general mathematical skills as tools for problem solving, and for interpreting, evaluating, and communicating data.

Consolidate knowledge by developing numerical manipulation skills, formulating and solving problems.

 

 

Syllabus:

1. Descriptive statistics

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Organization and interpretation of data

1.3 Measures of location and dispersion

1.4 Bivariate distributions

2. Probability Theory

2.1 Random experiment.

2.2 Sample space

2.3 Classification of events

2.4 Operations between events

2.5 Probabilities

2.6 Counting techniques

2.7 Pascal's triangle

2.8 Newton's binomial

Literature/Sources:

Maroco, J. e Bispo R., Estatística aplicada às ciências sociais e humanas, Climepsi, 2005, 2ª edição.
Pestana, D. e Velosa, S., Introdução à Probabilidade e à Estatística, Calouste Gulbenkian, 2010, 4ª edição.

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Two assessments will be held.

The final grade is given by the arithmetic average of the grades obtained in the two assessments.

During the appeal period, the student has the option to appeal regarding each of the assessments or about all the content covered in the classes.