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Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Statistics (EDUA11312)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThe course provides an introduction to the key concepts of statistical methods typically used in public health research, and will introduce students to fundamental techniques used to describe, analyse and interpret quantitative parametric data for two groups.
Course description Topics to be covered include:
-types of data
-the relationship between population and sample
-sampling methods
-hypothesis testing
-estimation - confidence intervals
-univariate methods of analysis
-power
-multiple testing
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. On completion of this course students will be able to:

    Apply knowledge of the basic principles underlying statistical thinking.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of best practice in describing data statistically, using graphs and using tables.
  3. Apply knowledge of the commonly used two group statistical tests used in the literature.
  4. Demonstrate understanding by appraising taught statistical methods described and applied in the literature.
  5. Demonstrate an understanding of how these principles are applied to real life data, and

    Critically review and describe data and carry out simple statistical analyses using SPSS statistical software, and interpret them correctly.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements None
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Deborah Fry
Tel: (0131 6)51 4796
Email: Debi.Fry@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary
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