Short Course: Introduction to Data Analysis 2 (introductory)
| Dates: | 7 March 2017 |
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| Times: | All day |
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| What is it: | Short course |
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| Organiser: | Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research |
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| How much: | £195
/ £140 for those from educational and charitable institutions
/ The Cathie Marsh Institute (CMIST) offers five free places to research staff and students within the Faculty of Humanities at The University of Manchester and the North West Doctoral Training Centre. Postgraduate students requesting a free place will be required to provide a letter of support from their supervisor. |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students, General public |
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This course provides an introduction to the theory and methods of quantitative data analysis of relationships between variables, focussing on the techniques of Chi-square tests, correlation and linear regression.
- The course will examine relationships between variables covering:
- The concept of statistical significance
- The theory and execution of a simple chi square test for relationships between categorical variables
- How to test whether a relationship between two interval variables exists using correlation
- How to describe relationships between variables using a statistical model based on linear regression methods
- The use of control variables to control for confounding variables
- The interpretation of statistical results and their use in making research conclusions
Price: £195
Concessions: £140 for those from educational and charitable institutions
Offers: The Cathie Marsh Institute (CMIST) offers five free places to research staff and students within the Faculty of Humanities at The University of Manchester and the North West Doctoral Training Centre. Postgraduate students requesting a free place will be required to provide a letter of support from their supervisor.
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