Statistics and Research Methods: an Introduction (Evening Course)

University College London

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In London

£ 750 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    25h

  • Duration

    10 Weeks

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This evening course will give you a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental aspects of research methods and statistics. It's suitable for those new to quantitative research.
You'll look at topics ranging from study design, data type and graphs through to choice and interpretation of statistical tests - with a particular focus on standard errors, confidence intervals and p-values.
This course runs on Monday or Tuesday evenings, from 5.30 to 8.15pm, for 10 weeks.

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London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

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About this course

By the end of this course you should have a good, practical understanding of:
research design considerations (question formulation, sample selection and randomisation, study design, and research protocols)
data types, and appropriate summaries and graphs of samples and differences
standard errors, confidence intervals and p-values
parametric and nonparametric assumptions and tests
how to select an appropriate statistical test

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Subjects

  • Statistics
  • Confidence Training
  • Types of data
  • Graphical displays
  • Hypothesis Testing
  • Hypothesis Testing Analysis
  • Hypothesis testing methodology
  • Hypothesis
  • Bootstrapping
  • P-values

Course programme

During this basic introductory course in research methodology and statistical analyses you'll cover a variety of topics.

This is a theory-led course, but you'll be given plenty of opportunities to apply the concepts via practical and interactive activities integrated throughout.

The topics covered include:

  • Introduction to quantitative research
  • Research question development
  • Study design, sampling and confounding
  • Types of data
  • Graphical displays of data and results
  • Summarising numeric and categorical data
  • Numeric and categorical differences between groups
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Confidence intervals and p-values
  • Parametric statistical tests
  • Non-parametric tests
  • Bootstrapping
  • Regression analysis

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Statistics and Research Methods: an Introduction (Evening Course)

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