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You will utilise a robust approach to statistical analysis, a skill highly valued by employers and researchers.
Lectures provide context, background and step-by step guidance on how to conduct and interpret a selection of statistical analyses.
Through a series of exercises, you learn to explore data, to specify appropriate linear models for your research question and to interpret their results.
A set of online tests structured around the exercises and the lecture content allow you to demonstrate your achievement of course learning outcomes.
With a group of students, you complete tasks and strengthen your understanding of applications of statistics.
Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course aims to instil a robust approach to statistical analysis. By engaging with a series a lectures and podcasts, completing a set of exercises that progressively add more complexity, you will learn how:
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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Assessment Weeks | 13 | Feedback Weeks | 13 | |
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Test 4 - summative The test is delivered online through MyAberdeen and feedback on correct and incorrect answers is embedded and released to students two days after completion of the test. |
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Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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Assessment Weeks | 12 | Feedback Weeks | 12 | |
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Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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Assessment Weeks | 11 | Feedback Weeks | 13 | |
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Test 3 - summative The test is delivered online through MyAberdeen and feedback on correct and incorrect answers is embedded and released to students two days after completion of the test. |
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Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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Assessment Weeks | 10 | Feedback Weeks | 10 | |
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Test 2 - summative The test is delivered online through MyAberdeen and feedback on correct and incorrect answers is embedded and released to students two days after completion of the test. |
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Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
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Assessment Weeks | 9 | Feedback Weeks | 9 | |
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Test 1 - formative. The test is delivered online through MyAberdeen and feedback on correct and incorrect answers is embedded and released to students two days after completion of the test. |
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Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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Procedural | Apply | to conduct data exploration and determine appropriate approach to data analysis |
Conceptual | Analyse | to analyse and interpret results from a range of statistical analyses |
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