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PU5522: APPLIED STATISTICS (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

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Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Old Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Shona Fielding

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course contains the following topics: data types and presentation, probability, introduction statistical inference and hypothesis testing, hypothesis testing for continuous variables (parametric and non-parametric), hypothesis testing for categorical variables, measures of effect (odds ratio and risk ratio), correlation and simple linear regression, measures of agreement.  

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Assessment will be through three time-limited MCQs each 10% (30%), individual critical appraisal (20%) [written assignment 2500 words], main data analysis using SPSS (40%) [electronic submission] and peer assessment of the main data analysis (10%).

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

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Course Learning Outcomes

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