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Training Courses from the Royal Statistical Society Personal Development Centre

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The Royal Statistical Society Professional Development Centre.

These are challenging times and your career and business success depends on expanding your ideas, developing your experience and connecting with people that can impact your career in a positive way.

RSS Training Courses  2009 - Continuing Professional Development for statisticians and users of statistics.
Presenting Data - 17  September - London (Ed Swires-Hennessy)

For anyone involved in communicating statistics and the message contained in them. The basic principles of presenting statistical information - tables, charts, maps and text are explained, illustrated and reinforced through practical exercises. The course covers interpretation of information by non-statisticians, reporting data and presenting messages to the general public.

Ethics and Statistics - 30 September - London (Prof. Jane Hutton)

Ethics is the investigation of reasoning concerning ideas such as goodness, duty, responsibility, honour, choice and freedom - and the foundations and logical implications of these concepts. The ethical theories of the RSS, ASA and ISI will be considered and compared to other professions.

Introduction to Quantitative Methods  - 7 October - London (Dave McGeeney & Matt Linsley)

Aims to equip you with some of the tools and techniques to collect, summarise, present and draw conclusions from data.


The Statistical Evaluation of Surrogate Endpoints in Clinical Trials- 13  October - London (Prof. Geert Molenberghs)



Will present an overview of the developments in surrogate marker evaluation, with illustrations predominantly from the fields of ophthalmology, oncology, and mental health. It combines applied and methodological aspects, but is not deeply theoretical.



Basic Statistics for Laboratories - 14 & 15 October - London (Carolyn Craggs)



Is designed for people who need to apply statistical methods to laboratory data. It aims to give delegates the knowledge and confidence to correctly apply statistical tools and interpret results in their work situation.



An Introduction to R and S-PLUS- 16 October - London (Charlie Roosen)



Aims to give a basic introduction to R and S-Plus for people with no or little previous experience.  The course will introduce the R and S-Plus working environments, demonstrate how to load data from a variety of sources (e.g. Excel) and then teach the basics of data manipulation, visualisation and analysis in R and S-Plus.  The course will focus on the programming language only, and not the graphical user interface.



An Introduction to Stata - 19 October - London ( Prof. Tim Collier)



Aims to give a basic introduction to Stata for people with no previous experience of Stata but who wish to go on to use it for research purposes. This course will introduce the Stata work environment, demonstrate how to load data from a variety of sources (e.g. Excel) and then teach the fundamentals of data checking, processing and management. Some commands for producing simple summaries will be introduced. We will also introduce Stata`s extensive on-line help facility so enabling participants to go on learning after the course.



Scientific Writing - 20 October - London (Shirley Coleman)

Scientific writing is important for many reasons including sharing research, getting published and bidding for funding. For many people being able to write is important for securing and retaining employment. People are often unnecessarily worried about writing and this course aims to help them get started. The topics include types of writing (reports, proposals, papers, articles and press releases, types of journals, writing exercises and guidelines. The course will be interactive and practical rather than theoretical. Each topic will be introduced and followed by an exercise or discussion. The only statistical part is the presentation of statistics and graphics.



Introduction to Bayesian Analysis Using WinBUGS - 21 & 22 October - London (Dave Lunn)



Will provide a basic introduction to Bayesian ideas such as the representation of prior knowledge and parameter uncertainty using probability distributions, and how such knowledge/uncertainty can be fully propagated through to one's inferences. Both data-free and learning-from-data scenarios will be covered. Some basic mathematical background will be given, illustrated using simple examples, but the focus will be on the practical use of simulation techniques, namely Monte Carlo and Markov chain Monte Carlo. A full introduction to making use of these for analysing a range of popular models via the WinBUGS software is the central theme. Hands-on practical sessions will be used to supplement learning.



Inspirational Leadership within a Statistical Organisation -  28 & 29 October - London (Duncan Miles & Denis Greer)



Aims to enhance participant's understanding of effective leadership behaviours; increase their understanding of team roles and techniques for sustaining high performance teams; and to enhance their overall impact and effectiveness through increased self-awareness and the use of productive communication approaches.




Please visit our website for more information about courses being held throughout 2009 and to download our 2009 course brochure www.rss.org.uk/courses<file:///\\www.rss.org.uk\courses>





In-house Courses and Bespoke Training: Economical and Flexible

Why not have one of our courses run at your own workplace?

More economical as you only pay a fixed fee.

More flexible as the content can be tailored to the specific needs of your company and timings can be arranged to suit your business needs.

The RSS can also design customized courses depending on the current training requirements of your business.



Contact us for a no-obligation review of your training needs. On 01625 504067 or email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

For further information and course fees click onto www.rss.org.uk/courses<file:///\\www.rss.org.uk\courses> followed by 'All RSS PDC Courses' on the right hand-side of the screen.  Places are strictly limited so register early to confirm your place.

The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) launched its Professional Development Centre (PDC) in January 2007 with the aim of providing training courses to enhance the provision of continuing professional development for statisticians and users of statistics.



At the PDC we consult with statisticians throughout the RSS and training managers in organisations where many staff use statistics on a daily basis as an integral part of their work, to put together a programme which responds to identified needs.



New courses are being commissioned all the time.  For all latest updates and further details about what's covered in each course and course fees please check our website:  www.rss.org.uk/courses<file:///\\www.rss.org.uk\courses>

www.rss.org.uk/courses<file:///\\www.rss.org.uk\courses>

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