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Hi, I have been asked to forward to Allstat the following two adverts for courses at the University of Hertfordshire. The first is for an "Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis Using SPSS" and the second for Intermediate Level Courses in "Statistical Data Analysis Using SPSS." Regards, John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John D. McClure Department of Statistics Phone : +44 (0)141 330 6118 University of Glasgow Fax : +44 (0)141 330 4814 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [log in to unmask] http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/allstat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------- Begin Forwarded Message ------------- ADVERT 1: ********* ------------------------------ University of Hertfordshire Health Research and Development Support Unit Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis Using SPSS 18 & 19 September 9am - 1pm Hertford Campus or 1st week in Dec, dates to be confirmed 9am - 1pm Hatfield Campus University of Hertfordshire A training course designed for people who need to perform data or statistical analysis using SPSS for Windows. Examples are taken from med ical and health related research. The course is run as a hands-on workshop to allow each participant to have a work station and individual attention. Tutors Dr Elena Kulinskaya and Ms Emily Knight Prerequisites Participants should have a familiarity with statistical concepts and basic IT skills. If you are unsure about your suitability for the course, please ring 01707 285811 first. The course will cover: * Data Entry for Categorical and Continuous Variables - * Transformation, Recording and Computing of Variables. * Selection of Appropriate Simple Plots and Descriptive Statistics. * Crosstabulation and the Chi-Square Test. * Introduction to Statistical Testing and Estimation. * Exploratory Data Analysis and Checking the Assumptions : Box-Plots, Histograms, PP Plots. * One Sample Tests: t-Test, Sign and Signed Rank Tests. * 2-Sample Tests: t-Test, Mann-Whitney Test. * Introduction to the Analysis of Variance. * Correlation and Regression. Cost: 150 GBP (cheque made payable to University of Hertfordshire) Free to staff of the following NHS Trusts: Barnet and Chase Farm, Barnet Healthcare, North and East Herts, Enfield Community Care, Horizon, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead, W Herts Community and to staff and postgraduate students of the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences UH. Course materials will be provided. For an Application Form please ring 01707 285811, Fax 01707 285814 or email [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADVERT 2: ********* ---------------------- University of Hertfordshire Health Research and Development Support Unit Statistical Data Analysis Using SPSS Intermediate Level Courses 21 & 22 September 9.30am - 4.30pm Hertford Campus or 14 & 15 December 9.30am - 4.30pm Hatfield Campus University of Hertfordshire Tutors Dr Elena Kulinskaya and Ms Emily Knight Prerequisites This course is suitable for those who have completed our Introductory Course or who regularly use SPSS for basic statistics. Examples are taken from medical and health related research. The Course will cover: * Two way ANOVA. * Random effects model. * Repeated measures ANOVA. * Multiple Linear Regression. * Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). * Analysis of 2 by 2 contingency tables. * Relative risks and odds ratios. * Sensitivity and Specificity. * Binary logistic regression - simple and multiple. * Introduction to survival analysis Cost : 500 GBP (cheque made payable to University of Hertfordshire) 150 GBP to staff of the following NHS Trusts - Barnet and Chase Farm, Barnet Healthcare, North and East Herts, Enfield Community Care, Horizon, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead, W Herts Community and to staff and postgraduate students of the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences UH. Course materials, refreshments and a light lunch are included For an Application Form please ring 01707 285811, Fax 01707 285814 or email [log in to unmask] ------------- End Forwarded Message ------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%