Academic Workshops
The Learning Enhancement Team run various academic workshops to support students to develop their skills. For details of current and up coming workshops refer to this page.
Statistic Workshops
The Maths Support Team have organised a number of workshops to help postgraduates with their statistic skills. To attend these workshops you must book a place.
WORKSHOP 1 : DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS (15/06/12 at 1.15pm in W/036, Wentworth College)
This workshop looks at different ways of describing of data with statistics, and some associated pitfalls. The workshop looks at different types of data, averages of data, measures of data spread, and how to compute these statistics using computer packages.
The workshop is for postgraduate students who have not studied any statistics before (or want a complete refresher), and need to use descriptive statistics in their research. Assuming no prior knowledge of statistics, it is a slow-paced introduction to the subject.
WORKSHOP 2 : USING GRAPHS TO REPORT STATISTICS (22/06/12 at 1.15pm in W/036, Wentworth College )
This workshop looks at the choices an author has when representing data with graphs. Assuming no prior knowledge of statistics, the workshop examines appropriate use of graphs in the media and in research papers, and provides advice when creating graphs in computer packages.
The workshop is for postgraduate students who have not studied any statistics before (or want a complete refresher), and need to use graphs to report data in their research. Assuming no prior knowledge of statistics, it is a slow-paced introduction to the subject.
WORKSHOP 3 : AN INTRODUCTION TO HYPOTHESIS TESTING (29/06/12 at 1.15pm in W/036, Wentworth College)
Hypothesis testing uses random sampling to infer results about a wider population. This workshop looks at the role hypothesis testing plays in research, and looks at the assumptions a researcher must make when taking this approach, and looks at the technical language and nuances involved.
The workshop is for postgraduate students who have not studied any statistics before (or want a complete refresher), and are considering using hypothesis testing in their research. Assuming no prior knowledge of statistics, it is a slow-paced introduction to the subject.
The slides for the Academic Referencing workshop and the Avoiding Collusion, Fabrication, Personation and Deception workshop in welcome week are now online.
