Understanding and analysing data
presented by
Jenny Freeman (University of Leeds)
and Ellen Marshall (University of Sheffield)
16 & 17 February 2015
Venue
The Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX
Course
Summary
The purpose of the course is to help delegates understand some basic statistical concepts and
develop a strategy for approaching a simple data analysis. The course will introduce basic concepts
such as hypothesis testing and confidence interval estimation. It will provide the tools to undertake
a simple analysis of a dataset and include some helpful hints and tips for reading and
understanding reported statistics.
Learning
Outcomes
By the end of this course, attendees will understand basic approaches to statistical inference
including hypothesis testing and confidence interval estimation. They will be equipped with the skills
necessary to undertake simple analyses and to understand some of the basic terms often used to
report statistical results. The course will mainly use calculations by hand to aid understanding but
will include Excel and/or SPSS output for some statistical tests.
Topics
Covered
Day 1: The normal distribution; Basic study design; Data Summary; Confidence intervals;
Introduction to hypothesis tests; Analysis of contingency tables – chi-squared test.
Day 2: T-tests; Non-parametric tests, (Wilcoxon signed rank test, Mann-Whitney U test); Correlation
and regression; Basic presentation of data and results.
Target
Audience
This course is aimed at those who have either never undertaken a formal statistics course, or who
may have studied some statistics in the past but wish to undertake a refresher. It is ideal for
statistical novices who may have never had any formal training but are starting to encounter
statistics in their work and wish to gain some insight.
Knowledge
Assumed
No statistics knowledge is necessary but a good pass in GCSE Maths would be helpful.
Course
Format
On each day, registration begins at 9:00 and the course runs from 9:30 until 16:30 on both days.
Delegate
Feedback
“Ellen and Jenny were extremely knowledgeable. They were also approachable and happy to give
further explanations when necessary”.
“Excellent course. Hard to fault. I can see why it's popular.”
“This was a fantastic course, the presenters had a very high knowledge but could 'dumb it down' for
me as I am new to this”
Fees
(including
VAT)
Contact
The course will be made up of lectures, tutorials and group work sessions.
RSS Fellow paying standard subscription
RSS CStat including MIS, FIS & GradStat
RSS Fellow paying concessionary subscription *
RSS Student member or eStudent member
Non Member **
Registration before
12 January 2015
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12 January 2015
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£560
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£336
£312
£528
£624
Sarah Barker, Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7614 3915 Email: courses@rss.org.uk Fax: +44 (0)20 7614 3905
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** Non members are welcome to join the Society at the same time as registering for the course and the discount received will cover the cost
of their first subscription payment. More information about membership can be found at www.rss.org.uk/join
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