Michaelmas 2009
Level
- This is a course planned with the needs in mind of a graduate student starting as a PhD student at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences and related institutions. It will in addition be open to others e.g. research assistants, junior scientists, visitors.
Style
- The presentation will be as fairly formal lectures, each aiming
- to outline a particular class of methods
- to give examples of it being applied to realistic situations
- to indicate how to implement it using software available at CBU
- The presentation will be as fairly formal lectures, each aiming
Location
Lectures will take place in the CBU Lecture Theatre on Thursdays from 11 am till 12 noon and are being given by IanNimmoSmith and PeterWatson who will welcome any feedback.
Links to updated PowerPoint and PDF files of the lecture notes are being added during the progress of the course.
A synopsis of the lectures is here.
Requested details of new features in SPSS version 18.0 (the latest version as of 2009) including increased use of the bootstrap technique are available here.
Lecture notes from last year's course are available here.
Date |
Lecturer |
Topic |
08-Oct-09 |
Ian Nimmo-Smith |
The anatomy of statistical methods: models, hypotheses, significance and power |
15-Oct-09 |
Peter Watson |
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22-Oct-09 |
Peter Watson |
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29-Oct-09 |
Ian Nimmo-Smith |
The General Linear Model and complex designs including Analysis of Covariance |
05-Nov-09 |
Ian Nimmo-Smith |
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12-Nov-09 |
Peter Watson |
ANOVA of balanced multi-factorial designs: between subject designs, and single subject studies |
19-Nov-09 |
Peter Watson |
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26-Nov-09 |
Ian Nimmo-Smith |
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03-Dec-09 |
Peter Watson |
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10-Dec-09 |
Ian Nimmo-Smith |
Post-hoc tests, multiple comparisons, contrasts and handling interactions |