Dear all, RSS popular Foundation level course, Basic Statistics (Understanding & Analysing Data) has places left for the October 12 & 13 2017 Edinburgh course dates. Name: Basic Statistics (Understanding & Analysing Data)<https://events.rss.org.uk/rss/112/home> Date: October 12 & 13 2017 Presenter: Dr Jenny Freeman Level: Foundation Location: Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue, 16 St. Mary's Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SU, Scotland<https://events.rss.org.uk/rss/112/33821> The purpose of the course is to help delegates understand some basic statistical concepts and develop a strategy for approaching simple data analysis. The course will introduce basic concepts such as hypothesis testing and confidence interval estimation. It will provide the tools to undertake a simple analysis of a dataset and include some helpful hints and tips for reading and understanding reported statistics. Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, attendees will understand basic approaches to statistical inference including hypothesis testing and confidence interval estimation. They will be equipped with the skills necessary to undertake simple analyses and to understand some of the basic terms often used to report statistical results. The course will mainly use calculations by hand to aid understanding but will include Excel and/or SPSS output for some statistical tests. REGISTER NOW!<https://events.rss.org.uk/rss/46/register> If you'd like to find out more about this course or any of our public courses, please visit our website. Best wishes Tessa Tessa Pearson Training and Events Operations Manager The Royal Statistical Society 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX Direct dial: (44) 020 7614 3947 Switchboard: (44) 020 7638 8998 www.rss.org.uk<http://www.rss.org.uk> The Royal Statistical Society<http://www.rss.org.uk/> www.rss.org.uk<http://www.rss.org.uk> We are one of the world's leading organisations to promote the importance of statistics and data. We're a professional body for all statisticians and data analysts The RSS is a registered charity No. 306096. RSS (Services) Ltdis a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Statistical Society. Company Reg. No. 3982652 You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.