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This module is run within the School of Sociology and Criminology but is often chosen by Health students
Module Learning Outcomes/Objectives:
The student should be able to demonstrate:
- An understanding of key concepts and principles in statistical analysis
- Judicious selection and interpretation of descriptive statistical procedures
- Judicious selection and interpretation of inferential statistical procedures
- Competence in the use of SPSS for statistical analyses
Module Code - CRI-40022
Module Dates
to be advised
Module Aims:
- To develop students’ conceptual understanding of fundamental issues in statistical theory and practice
- To enable a critical understanding of the rationale and assumptions of descriptive and inferential statistics, and the role of data visualization techniques
- To provide an understanding of the application of a range of elementary univariate and bivariate statistical analysis techniques, and a critical appreciation of their appropriateness
The course is aimed at students interested in acquiring skills in quantitative data analysis in social and health sciences.
Candidates should normally have a first or second class honours degree in a relevant professional or academic area (e.g. medicine, physiotherapy, sociology, psychology, politics).
The module CLM-40006 Statistics and epidemiology is an excluded combination.
Module Content:
Basic statistical concepts: levels of measurement, types of data, descriptive summaries; Graphical summaries and their (in)appropriate use; The logic of hypothesis testing; The meaning of conditional probability and statistical significance; Type 1 and Type 2 errors; Basics of estimation; confidence intervals; Introduction to scale construction; Statistical tests and their assumptions: chi-square, tests for differences in means and medians, correlation and bivariate regression, oneway ANOVA and a posteriori testing; Use of SPSS for statistical analysis.
Teaching Format
Four days, over a four week period. Involves classroom instruction and practical SPSS sessions.The morning usually consists of lectures and discussion and the afternoon of sessions in the computer laboratory.
Assessment Type:
30% marks - A series of data analysis/interpretation exercises and explanations of key conceptual issues
70% marks - A 3000 word data analysis report
