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DTSTAMP:20150109T101658Z
DTSTART:20150226T093000Z
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SUMMARY:CMIST Short Course :: Introductory :: Multi Item Scales for Surve
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DESCRIPTION:The course aims to cover bivariate statistical tests for a va
 riety of situation. The basic material of t-test is enriched by adding m
 ethods for the comparison of the distribution (or a mean) in cases where
  the variable is not normally distributed. The word ‘parametric’ is cove
 red so that nonparametric approaches generally can be taken up confident
 ly.\nThe course is at an intermediate level\, in the following sense: we
  hope all participants will read about (or review) the Chi Squared test 
 in preparation. We then move to the small-samples variant of this test\,
  and other tests for varying situations. Time permitting\, we also cover
  the Kolmogorov-Smirnov 2-sample test\, the Kruskal-Wallis test\, the me
 dian test and Spearman’s coefficients\, and one other test statistic.\nT
 he participants learn to critically assess the validity of claims to sta
 tistical inference (from sample to population) in small-N and medium-N s
 ituations. Helpful examples are provided in the form of primary survey d
 ata from the Young Lives Programme data on care-givers of children born 
 in the year 2000 in four countries\, and from a large employment dataset
 . 
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Basement Lab\, Humanities Bridgeford Street\, Manchester
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