Statistics and Regressions with R: an Introduction (Summer School)
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In London
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Location
London
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Class hours
21h
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Duration
5 Days
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Start date
Different dates available
This five-day summer school provides an introduction to statistical analysis and the statistical programming language R.
You'll learn the fundamental principles of statistics and how to carry out your own analysis, including significance tests and regression techniques.
In practical sessions you'll learn how to use Rstudio - free software which provides a user-friendly interface for R.
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About this course
By the end of this course you should be able to:
set out a plan of analysis for a research question, accounting for all types of data involved and aspects of the question
choose the best way of graphically displaying data and results
choose the significance tests suitable to answer the research question
make appropriate use of statistical inference methods
understand when regression methods are useful
choose the most suitable regression model for your analysis
evaluate the goodness of fit of the fitted model
perform appropriate model diagnostics and predictions
perform all the above analyses in the Rstudio software package
You don't need any knowledge of statistical analysis or R to attend this course.
You'll receive a certificate of attendance when you have completed the course.
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Subjects
- Statistics
- Types of data
- Quantitative research
- Graphical displays
- Summaries of data
- P-values
- Analysis
- Linear Regression
- Logistic Regression
- Binomial regression
Course programme
The course will cover the following topics:
- Quantitative research study designs
- Types of data
- Graphical displays
- Summaries of data
- Confidence intervals
- Hypothesis testing (parametric and non-parametric tests)
- P-values
- Regression analysis
The course will cover a number of different regression analyses, including the following:
- Linear regression
- Logistic regression
- Ordinal logistic regression
- Poisson regression
- Negative binomial regression
Statistics and Regressions with R: an Introduction (Summer School)