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SHORT COURSES: Introduction to Data Analysis 1

Dates:15 May 2019
Times:All day
What is it:Course
Organiser:Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research
How much:£195 / £140 for those from educational, government and charitable institutions
Who is it for:University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public
Speaker:Jennifer Buckley
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  • Introduction to Data Analysis 1

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This course provides an introduction to the theory and methods of quantitative data analysis, focusing on the social survey. It has an emphasis on hands-on learning, with a series of practical sessions using the statistical software package SPSS to explore data from the British Social Attitudes survey.

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: £195

Concessions: £140 for those from educational, government and charitable institutions

Speaker

Jennifer Buckley

Organisation: University of Manchester

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