Introduction to Statistics

Date:

27/10/2016

Organised by:

University of Manchester

Presenter:

Dave Lee

Level:

Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)

Contact:

Michelle Kelly
cmist-courses@manchester.ac.uk
0161 275 4579

Map:

View in Google Maps  (M13 9PL)

Venue:

The University of Manchester
Humanities Bridgeford Street Building

Description:

Outline

The aims of the course are to familiarise participants with some of the most commonly utilised statistical procedures using IBM SPSS, and to provide an introduction to the theory and methods of inferential statistical analysis using example datasets and exercises.

By the end of the day participants will be familiar with how to access and run a range of key statistical procedures and be able to understand and interpret output generated by IBM SPSS.

Objectives

On completing the course, participants will have covered the following:

  • Drawing inferences about populations from a sample.
  • The importance of standard errors and confidence intervals.
  • Hypothesis testing and p-values.
  • Procedures in IBM SPSS to perform chi-squared tests, t-tests, analysis of variance, correlations, linear regression and logistic regression.

Cost:

£195 (£140 for those from educational, government and charitable institutions).

Website and registration:

Region:

North West

Keywords:

Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, Introductory statistics , populations and samples , inference , hypothesis testing , IBM SPSS ,

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Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis

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