In this discussion, you will have an opportunity to talk about the relevance of statistics in our lives and to think about what you will take away from this course.
Reflect on what you’ve learned about statistics this term
Identify what you think is the most important (or interesting or useful) topic you have learned about in statistics so far, and:
1- explain why you chose it as the most important (or interesting or useful), and
2- provide examples of how you think you might use or benefit from this knowledge or skill in the future.
Outline of Topics in the Course*
Week
Week of
Topic
Notes
1
September 7
– Introduction: Course Information
– Populations/Samples, Descriptive/inferential statistics
– Measurement scales, Study designs
Tutorials start week 2
2
September 13
– Intro to SPSS
– Describing and Exploring Data, Measures of Central Tendency
Tutorial 1
3
September 20
– Measures of Variability
– Simple Probability and Binomial Distribution
Tutorial 2
4
September 27
– Normal Distribution and z-scores
– Standard Error of the Mean, Confidence Intervals
– Review for Test #1
Tutorial 3
5
October 4
– Article Review
– Assignment #1 introduced
Tutorial 4
Test #1 (online)
October 11
Study Week (No classes)
6
October 18
– Logic of Hypothesis Testing
– One Sample Inference (Z-test and t-test)
Tutorial 5 – no worksheet; work on assignment(attendance not mandatory)
Assignment 1 Due(online)
7
October 25
– Two Sample Inference (unpaired and paired data)
Tutorial 6
8
November 1
– Analysis of Categorical Data (chi-square tests)
– Review for Test #2
Tutorial 7
9
November 8
– Statistical significance vs. clinical importance
– How to write Methods and Results sections
– Assignment #2 introduced
Tutorial 8
Test #2 (online)
10
November 15
ANOVA
Tutorial 9 – no worksheet; work on assignment (attendance not mandatory)
11
November 22
Correlation and regression
Tutorial 10
Assignment 2 Due (online)
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