MFSAS Essential Social Analysis Skills Course
Event Details
- Date:
- Tuesday, 01 December 2020 - Thursday, 03 December 2020
- Time:
- All Day
- Room:
- ISSR, Cycad Building
- Location:
- Institute for Social Science Research
- UQ Location:
- UQ Long Pocket Site (Long Pocket)
- URL:
- https://issr.uq.edu.au/training-opportunities/methods-social-analysis-and-statistics-mfsas/essential-social-analysis-skills-course-3-days
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Ms Xenia Aitken-Smith
- Phone:
- 31019
- Email:
- x.aitkensmith@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Institute for Social Science Research
Event Description
- Full Description:
- This course is designed to provide participants with the essential skills to analyse and interpret quantitative (numeric) social data. Participants will develop an understanding of the appropriate statistical techniques to use for different types of research questions and different types of data and importantly how to make inferences and interpret results.
Topics covered:
Understanding and testing for statistical significance
Assessing relationships using Chi square, t-tests, ANOVA, and correlation
Introduction to linear and logistic regression models
Data visualisation
Learning objectives:
Understand why and how to test for statistical significance
Know the appropriate statistical tests to use in different situations and with different types of data
Read & interpret the results of statistical tests and output from popular statistical packages
Critically review the use of statistics in reports and published papers
Directions to UQ
- Directions:
- St Lucia Campus | Gatton campus.
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