About this program

Statistical Methods for Research is designed to provide graduate students with a strong foundation in statistics, covering key areas such as confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and statistical modeling.

The program provides the vast majority of Master's level students with the statistics they will need to complete their research reports, and provides doctoral students with the statistics they need to understand and evaluate the statistical test models they will use in their research.

Taking a cross-disciplinary approach and compatible with all major statistics packages, this program will be rich with scenarios, practical applications and interactive statistical models and will be supported by optional peer-to-peer online forums and interaction.

The course is based on the design of a highly successful course from the University of Reading, UK, that has recorded an average improvement of 122% in students' performances.

Higher Education View

In 45 experimental studies with a control condition, computer-assisted statistics instruction provided a meaningful average performance advantage (d = 0.33).

Sosa, G.W., Berger, D.E., Saw, A.T. & Mary, J.C. (2011)

'Effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction in statistics: A meta-analysis', in Review of Educational Research 81: pp.97-128.

For

Graduate students who require a foundation course in statistics, covering key areas such as confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and statistical modelling.

Lead Advisor

Sandro Leidi

Senior Statistician, University of Reading

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Statistical Methods For Research

Course Module ID Online Duration Offline Duration Released Status
Introduction SMR 001 0.5 hours TBC Jul 2014

Overview

Introduction to the Statistical Methods for Research program, and to understanding variability.

Syllabus

Contributors

Author

Sandro Leidi

Senior Statistician, University of Reading

Descriptive statistics SMR 002 3.0 hours TBC Jul 2014

Overview

This course introduces students to statistical thinking and ways of describing data, including the use of summary statistics and presentational charts.

Syllabus

Contributors

Author

Sandro Leidi

Senior Statistician, University of Reading

Confidence intervals SMR 003 3.0 hours TBC Jul 2014

Overview

This course focuses on using statistics to make good generalizations and covers related areas such as common errors.

Syllabus

Contributors

Author

Sandro Leidi

Senior Statistician, University of Reading

Hypothesis tests SMR 004 3.0 hours TBC Jul 2014

Overview

This course will show how statistics can be used for hypothesis testing and will guide students through the process of selecting the most appropriate test and interpreting the results.

Syllabus

Contributors

Author

Sandro Leidi

Senior Statistician, University of Reading

Statistical modeling SMR 005 3.0 hours TBC Jul 2014

Overview

This course will introduce students to statistical modeling, including linear and multiple regression. As part of the course, students will produce a model statistical report. The course will close with suggested next steps for those who need more advanced statistics training.

Syllabus

Contributors

Author

Sandro Leidi

Senior Statistician, University of Reading

The contributors to this program include

  • Sandro Leidi

    Lead advisor

    Senior Statistician, University of Reading

Developed in conjunction with

  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Brighton
  • Brunel University
  • Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Edith Cowan University
  • University of Huddersfield
  • London Metropolitan University
  • University of Reading