Introduction to Data Analysis 1 short course
| Dates: | 6 June 2016 |
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| Times: | All day |
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| What is it: | Course |
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| Organiser: | Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research |
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| How much: | £140 (public sector) £195 (private sector) |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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This course provides an introduction to the theory and methods of quantitative data analysis, focussing on the social survey. It has an emphasis on hands-on learning, with a series of practical sessions using a statistical software package such as SPSS to explore the British Social Attitudes Survey Dataset.
Objectives
The course will:
•Introduce participants to survey data as a key quantitative resource for social science research;
•Introduce the structure and properties of survey data and consider the process by which variables in a dataset are derived;
•Explain the distinction between interval and discrete variables;
•Consider strategies for exploratory data analysis including methods for describing and summarising variable distributions;
•Provide participants with a conceptual understanding of the stages involved in exploring the relationship between variables;
•Provide essential skills of data manipulation including selecting sub-sets and recoding;
•Introduce the visual representation of variables in scatter graphs, bar charts and histograms.
Price: £140 (public sector) £195 (private sector)
Travel and Contact Information
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Basement computer lab
Humanities Bridgeford Street
Manchester
