Stats
for the Terrified (An Intro to Stats) & Making Sense of Numbers
(Interpretation of data)
7th March
2018
Edinburgh WTCRF, Education
Programme
This is
to certify that
Heather
Anderson
Attended
the above session
Course Objectives
Describe different data types
Describe measures of ‘location’ (also known as ‘central tendency’)
Describe measures of the variability (spread) appropriate to the
distribution of the data
Describe the features of the Normal distribution and the t-distribution
together with aspects of their application
Derive and interpret confidence intervals for continuous data and
proportions
Distinguish between absolute and relative measures
Explain the distinction between confidence intervals and P-values
Interpret the results of one-sample, unmatched and paired t-tests
Make sense of data presented in graphs
Interpret the chi-square test for comparing proportions Interpret and make
sense of the results from a randomised controlled trial Interpret an odds
ratio