Introduction to Statistics
A workshop offered by the Bonn Graduate Center
This workshop conveys basic knowledge of statistics regardless of any field of research or software. You will be introduced to statistics, learn the basic terms and methods to obtain and analyze relevant data for your research.
In-person Workshop
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 28, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Trainer
Dr. Guido Lüchters
Language
English
Location
Room C; Meckenheimer Allee 176*
Target Group
Doctoral students
Track(s)
Research, Business and Organizations
Certificate
18 units are applicable within the Doctorate plus certificate
* The premises are not barrier-free. Please contact the Bonn Graduate Center if you need assistance. The workshop may be switched to an online format.
Course Content
- Causality and Statistics
- Observational vs Experimental Studies
- Types of Studies: Surveys, Studies, Cohort Studies, Case-Control Studies
- Basic Concepts in Statistics: P-value; Significance
- Size matters; Confidence Interval
- How to encode collected data (Excel, SPSS, Stata, R,…)
- Analyzing your data descriptively and inferentially
- Dealing with multidimensional problems
- Dealing with panel data
- Using graphs when models are really complex (Strutural Equation Modeling SEM)
Course Description
In order to be able to perform the practical execises, participants need to have installed the statistic programs SPSS and STATA on their PC when attending the workshop. A test version can be found online free of charge.
Learning Goals:
- Statistical problems, concepts, models, procedures (causality, p-value, confidence interval, generalized linear model, type of studies)
- How to collect and analyze quantitative data (type of data, tips and tricks, why not just Excel?, compare statistical packages, demonstrate examples)
Contact
Bonn Graduate Center
Address
Alte Sternwarte
Poppelsdorfer Allee 47
53115 Bonn
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