Basic statistics and data interpretation

Hosted by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West

This face-to-face course is aimed at anyone working in health and social care who needs to interpret the more commonly reported statistics in academic papers and scientific reports. Further, if you are analysing data from a service evaluation or research project and need to present the results and perform simple statistical analyses, this course is for you.

We will cover:

 

  • Identifying different types of data
  • Summarising data (using graphs and summary statistics)
  • Interpretation of commonly used statistical terms such as hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and p-values
  • Identifying the best statistical tests for different types of data
  • Interpretation of basic statistical tests such as t-tests and chi-squared tests
  • Interpretation of measures of association (such as odds ratios and risk ratios)

To apply for a place on this course, please complete an online application, Applications will close on Thursday 24 August and you will be informed whether you have received a place by Friday 25 August.

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Contact information

Enquiries to Jon on jk16823@bristol.ac.uk