CMIST Short Course :: Using Statistical Tests in Research
Date:
28/11/2014
Organised by:
University of Manchester
Presenter:
Pierre Walthery
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Jon Davis
cmist-courses@manchester.ac.uk
Map:
View in Google Maps (M13 9PL)
Venue:
The Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research
School of Social Sciences
Humanities Bridgeford St Building
University of Manchester
Manchester
Description:
Outline
The course aims to cover many of the commonly used parametric and non-parametric statistical tests, along with basic concepts of a randomised clinical trial and the analysis of survival data, with data examples from a health environment but for use in social research more widely.
Objectives
Participants will develop an understanding of what hypothesis testing is and the concepts that go with it. The course will also cover the topics of clinical trials (in cancer) and survival analysis.
By following the simple example data sets participants should be able to carry out all the statistical tests covered using an appropriate statistical package. An example of each test will be gone through using the statistical package SPSS.
Prerequisites
Participants should have a basic familiarity with quantitative data, research design, statistics and probability.
This course is suitable for people with some experience collecting, summarizing and analysing health data and for those who work with questionnaires which generate scores, randomized controlled trials and simple experimental/study designs.
Recommended reading
P. Armitage, G. Berry & J.N.S. Matthews (2002) Statistical Methods in Medical Research, (4th ed.), Wiley (also available online at: Wiley Online Library)
Siegel, S. D. & Castellan, N. J. (1988) Nonparametric Statistics For The Behavioral Sciences, New York; London, McGraw-Hill
Field, A. (2010). Discovering statistics using SPSS for Windows: Advanced techniques for beginners. London, Sage.
Cost:
£195 (£140 for those from educational and charitable institutions). The Cathie Marsh Institute (CMIST) offers 5 free places to research staff and students within the Faculty of Humanities at The University of Manchester and the North West Doctoral Training Centre.
Website and registration:
http://www.cmist.manchester.ac.uk/study/courses/short/booking/
Region:
North West
Keywords:
Quality in Quantitative Research, Data Editing
Related publications and presentations:
Quality in Quantitative Research
Data Editing