Announcing two courses scheduled to take place at the Statistical Services Centre, The University of Reading, in early February. For further information on the courses view http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/ or email Kellie Watkins ([log in to unmask]).
A Review of Basic Statistics 6 - 7 February 2002
This course builds up the basic ideas of statistics systematically and quickly. It provides an introduction to methods of summarising and presenting data, estimation, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Mathematical details will be kept to a minimum.
A large component of the course is practical work on PCs using accessible and user-friendly statistics packages such as MINITAB, SPSS and SAS. INSTAT+, a package developed at The University of Reading, can also be used. Currently it can be downloaded from our website and is free to individual users.
Course content
Descriptive statistics - diagrammatic and graphical data summary, numerical summarisation of data
Introduction to the statistical packages
Distributions - binomial and normal
Sampling distribution of the mean
The t-distribution
Confidence intervals
Hypothesis testing ideas; single-sample and two-sample problems
The t- and F-tests
Paired samples - their analysis and importance
Estimating and testing for proportions
Introduction to Regression Analysis 8 February 2002
Regression is a powerful technique for studying relationships between quantitative variables. Summarising relationships by the most appropriate equation (modelling) is very quick when using a statistical package. It is also easy to progress from basic models to more complex situations, such as comparison of regressions.
This course is a combination of lectures and computer-based practicals, whereby theory is firmly placed into practice. You will have a choice of packages from SAS, SPSS, Genstat and MINITAB.
Course content
Describing a regression model
Fitting regression models using suitable software
Assessing the model visually with plots
A brief guide to the analysis of variance
Extending the model - multiple regression and comparison of slopes
Kellie Watkins
Statistical Services Centre
The University of Reading
Harry Pitt Building
Whiteknights Road
Reading RG6 6FN
Tel: +44 (0)118 931 8689
Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3169
http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/
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