Reason for posting this twice is that the previous Subject heading was incorrect. Subject: should read - SSC Short Courses Nov/Dec. 2005.
We are announcing three courses, which are scheduled to take place in
November & December 2005. Summary information is given below.
For more detailed information and registration forms please see
http://www.ssc.rdg.ac.uk providing your address and/or fax number, or email
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Design and Analysis of Experiments
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Dates: 7-9 November 2005. Duration: 3 days. Price: 690 GBP.
Conducting cost-effectiveness experiments based on good design principles is
fundamental to many areas of scientific research. In this course
participants will learn to use resources efficiently and to plan
well-designed
experiments, so as to obtain clear results and a high degree of precision.
During the course the concepts and principles of good experimental design
will be discussed, together with associated data analysis methods. Computer
based practicals with a choice from GenStat, MINITAB, SAS and SPSS will be
used to analyse data from different types of experiments. Much emphasis
will be placed on interpretation of computer output to help answer questions
posed by research objectives.
A Review of Basic Statistics
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Dates: 29-30 November 2005. Duration: 2 days. Price: 460 GBP.
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 wide choice of
statistical software is available for practical work.
What Sample Size Do I Need?
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Date: 1 December 2005. Duration: 1 day. 245 GBP.
This is a common problem and should be given due consideration in any
research proposal, as an inadequate sample size invariably leads to wasted
resources. This course aims to give a practical introduction to sample size
determination in the context of some commonly used significance tests.
Practical work will be based around the statistical computing package
MINITAB, exploiting its module on sample size determination, and the more
specialised packages, nQuery Advisor and PASS. Formulae and algebraic
notation will be kept to a minimum.
Valerie Walker
Short Course Administrator
Statistical Services Centre
School of Biological Sciences
Tel: +44 (0) 118 378 8689
Fax: +44 (0) 118 975 3169
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