Introduction article to "MACS"

Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences

Introduction article to the contents of the discipline

Setúbal-Laranjeiro

2018

Introduction to discipline

Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences (MACS) is a biennial discipline (10th and 11th years) taught in Secondary Education, in the Language and Humanities course; their frequency may imply a national examination.

Its usefulness is essential as preparation for any social science course at the level of higher education since it provides bases for any type of research from multivariate data, nowadays indispensable in any course of this category.

The discipline also provides a wide range of essential knowledge that is part of daily life: elections, taxes, interest, loans, the definition of ideal courses, among others.

It is perfectly suited for students of the humanities, since it focuses on the critical analysis of various situations and their practical application, is done largely through the elaboration of written comments.

Program Contents

• 10th year
  

Methods of decision support

- The mathematical theory of elections

- Theory of balanced sharing

Statistic

Mathematical Models

- Financial Models

• 11th year
  

Mathematical Models

- Graph theory

- Population Models

Probability Models

- Probabilities

Introduction to statistical inference

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