 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Semester 2
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| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take XX50134 |
| Description:
| Aims & Learning Objectives:
Aims:
This is an intermediate/advanced course on statistical analysis for postgraduate students following on from Quantitative Methods 1. The aim of the course is to provide students with a critical understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of statistical analysis alongside a detailed knowledge of particular statistical techniques. By the end, the unit will equip students with the skills to contribute to research projects.
Objectives:
By the end of the course the students should be able to:
Knowledge and understanding:
* Understand the basic principles of statistical analysisIntellectual skills
* Appreciate the strengths and weakness of statistical inquiry
* Interpet the results from chi square tests, t-tests and ANOVAs
* Be able to use, model and interpret correlation, simple linear regression and multiple regression analyses
* Be able to use one or more of a range of advanced statistical techniques including: regression analyses, time series, path analysis, cluster analysis, factor analysis
* Be able to use SPSS to carry out statistical analysis.
Professional practice skills:
* Acquire computing skills.
Content:
The course will provide a critical appreciation of statistical analysis as well as covering issues of intermediate and advanced statistical techniques of data analysis. Students will have instruction in both a classroom and a computer lab to build on their prior knowledge of descriptive and inferential statistics. They will use SPSS for windows to apply the techniques they learn in the classroom to analyse data.
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Programme availability:
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XX50135 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
School of Management
- RMMN-AFM12 : Integrated PhD Management (Full-time)
XX50135 is Optional (DEU) on the following programmes:
Department of Education
Department for Health
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- THXX-AFM50 : MRes Politics and International Studies (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM51 : MRes Politics and International Studies (Full-time)
Department of Psychology
- THXX-AFM44 : MRes Environment, Energy & Resilience (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM45 : MRes Environment, Energy & Resilience (Full-time)
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
- THXX-AFM15 : MRes European Social Policy (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM25 : MRes European Social Policy (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM46 : MRes Global Political Economy: Transformations & Policy Analysis (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM47 : MRes Global Political Economy: Transformations & Policy Analysis (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM12 : MRes International Development (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM22 : MRes International Development (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM48 : MRes Security, Conflict & Justice (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM49 : MRes Security, Conflict & Justice (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM14 : MRes Social Policy (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM24 : MRes Social Policy (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM30 : MRes Social Work (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM31 : MRes Social Work (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM18 : MRes Sociology (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM26 : MRes Sociology (Full-time)
XX50135 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Computer Science
- RSCM-AFD02 : Doctor of Engineering (EngD) in Digital Media (Full-time)
Department of Education
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- THPL-AFM15 : MA International Security (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM50 : MRes Politics and International Studies (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM51 : MRes Politics and International Studies (Full-time)
- THPL-AFL16 : PG Dip International Security (Full-time)
Department of Psychology
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
- THXX-AFM15 : MRes European Social Policy (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM25 : MRes European Social Policy (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM12 : MRes International Development (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM22 : MRes International Development (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM14 : MRes Social Policy (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM24 : MRes Social Policy (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM30 : MRes Social Work (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM31 : MRes Social Work (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM18 : MRes Sociology (Full-time)
- THXX-AFM26 : MRes Sociology (Full-time)
- THSP-AFM13 : MSc International Public Policy Analysis (Full-time)
- THSP-APM13 : MSc International Public Policy Analysis (Part-time)
- THSP-AFL13 : PG Dip International Public Policy Analysis (Full-time)
- THSP-APL13 : PG Dip International Public Policy Analysis (Part-time)
XX50135 is available for Auditing on the following programmes:
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
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