Statistics Level 1

Delegates should have a solid high school level maths knowledge.

This course has been created for people who require general statistics skills. This course can be tailored to a specific area of expertise like market research, biology, manufacturing, public sector research, etc...

Introduction

• Descriptive Statistics
• Inferential Statistics
• Sampling Demonstration
• Variables
• Percentiles
• Measurement
  • Levels of Measurement
  • Measurement Demonstration
  • Basics of Data Collection
• Distributions
• Summation Notation
• Linear Transformations
• Exercises

Graphing Distributions

• Qualitative Variables
• Quantitative Variables
  • Stem and Leaf Displays
  • Histograms
  • Frequency Polygons
  • Box Plots
  • Box Plot Demonstration
  • Bar Charts
  • Line Graphs
• Exercises

Summarizing Distributions

• Central Tendency
  • What is Central Tendency
  • Measures of Central Tendency
  • Balance Scale Simulation
  • Absolute Difference Simulation
  • Squared Differences Simulation
  • Median and Mean
  • Mean and Median Simulation
  • Additional Measures
  • Comparing measures
• Variability
  • Measures of Variability
  • Estimating Variance Simulation
• Shape
• Comparing Distributions Demo
• Effects of Transformations
• Variance Sum Law I
• Exercises

Normal Distributions

• History
• Areas of Normal Distributions
• Varieties of Normal Distribution Demo
• Standard Normal
• Normal Approximation to the Binomial
• Normal Approximation Demo
• Exercises