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SUMMARY:Gentle Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Evaluation
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DESCRIPTION:methods@manchester are delighted to announce a new workshops 
 at the University of Manchester led by Dr Eric Jensen\n\nStart getting t
 o know the value of statistical software for improving your evaluation p
 ractice. Too often\, quantitative evaluations rely on overly simplistic 
 analysis. This workshop is designed to open the door to using appropriat
 e statistics to analysis and report on your data. This workshop provides
  an initial introduction to key statistical principles and 'how to’ advi
 ce for starting to use statistical analysis software for evaluation for 
 people with no or minimal training in statistics. In this workshop\, you
  will be encouraged to bring your own data and computer to practice for 
 yourself with support from the expert speakers.\n\nThe workshop covers t
 he following topics:\n\n            • Introduction to key principles of 
 statistical analysis\n\n            • Examples of statistical analysis f
 or evaluation projects\n\n            • Basic introduction to the statis
 tics software package SPSS (commercial product offered by IBM) - and   t
 he free equivalent\, PSPP\n\n            • How to use SPSS to analyse yo
 ur evaluation data using descriptive statistics\n\n \n\nBring your own e
 valuation data to work with\, or if you don’t have any available you wil
 l be provided with an example dataset. \n\nCourse Leader\n\nThe training
  will be led by Dr Eric Jensen\, Associate Professor of Sociology at the
  University of Warwick. Dr Jensen is a world-leading expert in evaluatio
 n of public engagement and informal learning impact and quality of exper
 ience. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge (UK)
  and teaches social research methods at the University of Warwick.\n\nDr
  Jensen has extensive experience designing and conducting quantitative a
 nd mixed methods evaluations at institutions including the National Gall
 ery\, London Zoo\, Natural History Museum and The University of Cambridg
 e.
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:CMI Basement Lab\, Humanities Bridgeford Street\, Manchester
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