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Course Outline
Scientific Method, Probability & Statistics
- A concise history of statistics
- The basis for confidence in conclusions
- Probability and decision-making processes
Preparing for Research (Determining 'What' and 'How')
- The Big Picture: Research as a process with inputs and outputs
- Data collection strategies
- Questionnaires and measurement techniques
- Identifying 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
- Understanding Pearson Correlation Values
- 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: The Gambler's Fallacy
- Demonstration: The Birthday Problem
- The Binomial Distribution
- Demonstration: Binomial Distribution
- Base Rates
- Demonstration: Bayes' Theorem
- Demonstration: The Monty Hall Problem
- Exercises
Normal Distributions
- Introduction
- Historical Context
- Areas under Normal Distributions
- Demonstration: Varieties of Normal Distribution
- The Standard Normal Distribution
- Normal Approximation to the Binomial
- Demonstration: Normal Approximation
- Exercises
Sampling Distributions
- Introduction
- Basic Demonstration
- Demonstration: Sample Size Impact
- 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- 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
- 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
- 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 b and r
- Exercises
ANOVA
- Introduction
- ANOVA Designs
- One-Factor ANOVA (Between-Subjects)
- One-Way Demonstration
- Multi-Factor ANOVA (Between-Subjects)
- Unequal Sample Sizes
- Tests Supplementing 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 Table
- Exercises
Case Studies
Analysis of selected case studies
Requirements
Participants must possess a strong understanding of descriptive statistics (including mean, average, standard deviation, and variance) and a foundational knowledge of probability.
We recommend attending the preparatory course: Statistics Level 1
35 Hours
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