Course Duration: 3 days
Target Audience
Statisticians and analysts working in the knowledge processes industry.
Course objectives
This training exposes participants to the basics of statistical analysis and also exposes them to tools available in Microsoft excel and R (R is a strongly functional language and environment to statistically explore data sets).
Course methodology
This course is organized in the form of a workshop. The training techniques used are lectures, presentations, case studies, group discussions, role plays, games and exercises.
Course Content
- Basic concepts in statistics
- Theory of distributions
- Hypothesis testing
- Ordinary least squares and correlation
- Applications in Microsoft Excel
- Applications in R
- Multivariate Statistics (Factor Analysis, Principal Components, Multiple Regression, Logistic Regression, Discriminant Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Correspondence Analysis)
- Advanced Techniques (Structural Equation Modeling)
"For many years now, I have been impressed by the power of a simple, small loan to those for whom fate and circumstance have resulted in disadvantage. Maintaining peoples integrity and showing them trust, whilst facilitating a way for them to rebuild their own lives is such a meaningful way of alleviating poverty. By placing microfinance in the global spotlight, awareness of this most effective anti-poverty tool will undoubtedly, and thankfully, increase."
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
