Introduction to Statistical thinking & data analysis
Date:
13/08/2018 - 17/08/2018
Organised by:
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Presenter:
Prof Angie Wade
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Patricia John
+44 (0)207 905 2768
Description:
During this week-long course, participants will be introduced to the essential research and quantitative skills needed to interpret published research and understand their true meanings rather than relying on what we are told in abstracts. Topics covered as part of this summer school include:
- How to develop a sound research question
- Study design, sampling and confounding
- Types of data
- Graphical displays of data and results
- Summarising numeric and categorical data
- Quantifying differences and associations between groups
- Hypothesis testing
- Confidence intervals and p-values
- Parametric and non-parametric statistical tests
- Bootstrapping
- Introduction to regression
No prior knowledge of statistical analysis is required.
Participants will also have the opportunity to attend one-to-one and group tuition sessions on the material taught throughout the week.
Cost:
Early bird £1200.00
Normal Price £1500.00
Website and registration:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/stats-courses
Region:
Greater London
Keywords:
Data Collection, Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, introduced to the essential research and quantitative skills needed to interpret published research and understand their true meanings
Related publications and presentations:
Data Collection
Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis