Description
Learning objectives
By the end of this course the learner should be able to;
- Present different types of data in an appropriate manner.
- Perform statistical analysis.
- Present findings of data analysis in a research proposal.
- Identify areas/issues/situations where statistical analysis would be beneficial.
- Collect, analyze and interpret data relevant to their decision-making.
- Identify and interpret trends.
- Use SPSS to calculate statistical measures and interpret SPSS outputs.
- Understand how to apply relevant statistical techniques to solve the underlying problems/issues.
- Report on statistical findings
Course modules
- Pre-requisite
- Research/Evaluation Design
- Data Collection Methods
- Introduction to SPSS
- Beginner
- Introduction to Data Analysis
- Types of Data
- Data Measurements
- Descriptive Statistics
- Proportions, Rates, Ratio’s, Percentages
- Central Location,
- Dispersion,
- Shape of Distribution
- Display of data
- frequency tables, charts and graphs
- Intermediate
- Introduction to probability
- Hypothesis Testing 1: Significance Testing (P-value) and Point Estimates (CI)
- Sampling and Sampling errors
- Probability Distribution (Binomial/Poisson)
- Cross-tabulation and Correlation
- Advanced
- Hypothesis Testing 2: Simple Regression
- Hypothesis testing for Multiple regression model
- Survival analysis
- Life tables
- Kaplan-Meier
- Cox Regression
- Communication of results
- Critical Issues to note on data analysis during report writing
- Policy Implications
Assignments
In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content, students will be required to submit three assignments.
Training format:
All materials are made available through our online learning platform