Centre for Applied Social Surveys
Short Course
Survey Data Analysis I:
Introducing Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Supported by the ESRC
Christos Byron and Zoë Sheppard
16-18 November 2004, University of Southampton
CASS is an ESRC Resource Centre hosted by the National Centre for Social Research, the University of Southampton and the University of Surrey
Course Objectives:
To develop an understanding of the basic principles of statistical analysis.
To enable participants to employ appropriate methods of presenting data in research reports and papers.
Course Content:
Overview
Review of descriptive statistics
Confidence intervals for means and proportions Setting up and testing hypotheses Tests of statistical significance Two sample tests for means and proportions One-way analysis of variance Association in tables
The course will include workshop sessions so that participants can work through practical exercises, and computer practicals using SPSS for Windows and real survey data.
Target Audience:
The course is aimed at researchers who need to perform basic analyses on data from sample surveys, especially those in the social, economic, educational and medical sciences.
Pre-requisite:
Participants should have a basic familiarity with statistical concepts through a previous introductory course or equivalent experience. This "refresher" course provides a good background to the Survey Data Analysis II course which runs from 26-28 January 2005. If you are unsure whether this course is appropriate for you please contact Zoë Sheppard (Email [log in to unmask] or fax 023 8059 3486).
The Instructors:
Christos Byron is the Director of G3 Limited, a statistical training and consultancy company, specialising in survey sampling theory and methodology, survey weighting, and statistical analysis of complex surveys, providing expert statistical advice, consultancy and training. Christos is a statistician and a visiting lecturer in Statistics and Survey Data Analysis at the Department of Politics at Queen Mary, University of London. He has also written and conducted numerous sampling and survey data analysis courses for a range of academic institutions, organisations and Whitehall Departments. Before setting up G3 in January 2003, Christos has worked as a senior statistician at the Survey Methods Unit at the National Centre for Social Research. He was responsible for designing the sample, developing the weighting strategy and carrying out complex analyses for a number of large scale surveys in the UK including major government sponsored surveys.
Zoë Sheppard is a Teaching Fellow in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Southampton and is responsible for the co-ordination and presentation of CASS courses. She has taught courses on research methods and statistics as well as courses in demography. She specialises in the statistical analysis of large survey data with her research interests being in the demography of sub-Saharan Africa, particularly HIV/AIDS and child welfare.
Fee:
£400 (includes course materials, lunches and morning and afternoon tea, but not accommodation which is to be arranged by the participant). Because of ESRC support, a number of bursaries are available which reduce the fee to £85 - applicants must be UK registered students, UK academic staff or ESRC-funded researchers.
Location:
The course will be held at the Social Statistics Research Centre, University of Southampton. During the course participants can be contacted via the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute (Tel: 023 8059 5376, Fax: 023 8059 3846).
Duration:
The course will begin with coffee and registration at 09.30 a.m. on Tuesday,
16 November and end at 14.30 p.m. on Thursday, 18 November. On Thursday afternoon there will be an opportunity for participants to discuss with the instructors how to analyse their own data.
For further information please contact:
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Jane Schofield
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute
University of Southampton
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Tel: +44 (0) 2380 595376
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