Descriptive Statistics
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This course is about descriptive statistics, where numbers are used to summarise information about the world. Look in any newspaper, magazine or journal and you'll see charts, graphs, tables and diagrams being used in an attempt to reduce the vast amount of data that we generate to a digestible whole. Descriptive statistics can help us with this task.
Inferential statistics is a related area that uses statistical techniques to help form judgements - to draw inferences, for example, as to whether a particular result or observation could have arisen by chance, or whether it signifies a real process or difference between groups.
The most important things about statistics are what they mean and what they can be used for, not how they are calculated. Because of this there is very little maths in this course, and any calculations will be the kind that can be done in your head or on a scrap of paper. Having a calculator handy would save a little effort, but it isn't essential.
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Further Details
Measures and Measurement
About Statistics
Presenting Basic Information
Summarising and Simplifying Data
Distributions
Measures of Dispersion
Correlation
Graphical Presentation
Reviewing Your Work
Qualifications
Qualification 1: Descriptive Statistics Diploma
Descriptive Statistics Diploma issued by Stonebridge Associated Colleges, entitling you to use the letters SAC Dip after your name.
Study Options
This course is an online course. With online study you have access to your entire course from the start of your studies. You can access your course materials, and submit all of your question papers to your personal tutor, online from anywhere in the World using your unique student account.
If you do not have Internet access, or would prefer to study this course via the traditional paper/postal based study method, you can find more information on the course by clicking on the link below.
Fees
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