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Course Outline
Scientific Method, Probability & Statistics
- Brief history of statistics
- Establishing confidence in conclusions
- Probability and decision-making processes
Research Preparation (Determining "what" and "how")
- The broader context: research as a process with inputs and outputs
- Data collection strategies
- Questionnaires and measurement techniques
- Defining what to measure
- Observational studies
- Experimental design
- Data analysis and graphical methods
- Research skills and techniques
- Research management
Describing Bivariate Data
- Introduction to bivariate data
- Pearson correlation coefficients
- Simulation: Guessing correlations
- Properties of Pearson's r
- Calculating Pearson's r
- Demonstration: Restriction of range
- Variance Sum Law II
- Exercises
Probability
- Introduction
- Fundamental concepts
- Demonstration: Conditional probability
- Simulation: Gambler's Fallacy
- Demonstration: Birthday problem
- Binomial distribution
- Demonstration: Binomial probabilities
- Base rates
- Demonstration: Bayes' Theorem
- Demonstration: Monty Hall problem
- Exercises
Normal Distributions
- Introduction
- Historical background
- Areas under normal distributions
- Demonstration: Varieties of normal distributions
- Standard normal distribution
- Normal approximation to the binomial
- Demonstration: Normal approximation
- Exercises
Sampling Distributions
- Introduction
- Basic demonstration
- Demonstration: Sample size effects
- Demonstration: Central Limit Theorem
- Sampling distribution of the mean
- Sampling distribution of the difference between means
- Sampling distribution of Pearson's r
- Sampling distribution of a proportion
- Exercises
Estimation
- Introduction
- Degrees of freedom
- Characteristics of estimators
- Simulation: Bias and variability
- Confidence intervals
- Exercises
Logic of Hypothesis Testing
- Introduction
- Significance testing
- Type I and Type II errors
- One-tailed and two-tailed tests
- Interpreting significant results
- Interpreting non-significant results
- Steps in hypothesis testing
- Significance testing and confidence intervals
- Common misconceptions
- Exercises
Testing Means
- Single mean testing
- Demonstration: t-distribution
- Difference between two means (independent groups)
- Simulation: Robustness
- All pairwise comparisons among means
- Specific comparisons
- Difference between two means (correlated pairs)
- Simulation: Correlated t-tests
- Specific comparisons (correlated observations)
- Pairwise comparisons (correlated observations)
- Exercises
Power
- Introduction
- Example calculations
- Factors affecting power
- Exercises
Prediction
- Introduction to simple linear regression
- Demonstration: Linear fit
- Partitioning sums of squares
- Standard error of the estimate
- Demonstration: Prediction line
- Inferential statistics for slope (b) and correlation (r)
- Exercises
ANOVA
- Introduction
- ANOVA designs
- One-factor ANOVA (between-subjects)
- Demonstration: One-way ANOVA
- Multi-factor ANOVA (between-subjects)
- Handling unequal sample sizes
- Supplementary tests for ANOVA
- Within-subjects ANOVA
- Demonstration: Power of within-subjects designs
- Exercises
Chi Square
- Chi-square distribution
- One-way tables
- Demonstration: Testing distributions
- Contingency tables
- Simulation: 2 x 2 tables
- Exercises
Case Studies
Analysis of selected case studies
Requirements
Participants must possess a solid grasp of descriptive statistics (including mean, average, standard deviation, and variance) along with a foundational understanding of probability.
Those needing additional preparation may wish to attend the preparatory course: Statistics Level 1
35 Hours
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