Resources for HDR Candidates
A Prince of Wales Clinical School / Stats Central Workshop
Introduction to Statistics for Researchers
POWCS HDR candidates and conjoint staff are invited to register for one of the proposed workshops on statistics. Both options cover the same content. A limit of 15 participants has been set for each workshop option.
Lecturer: Nancy Briggs
Location: Mezzanine Room, South-east wing, Edmund Blacket Building, Prince of Wales Hospital
Workshop Schedules
OPTION AFeb 7 – 8 (Thursday and Friday)Two full day workshops, 10 am to 4 pm |
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OPTION BFeb 12-13 & 19-20 (Tuesdays and Wednesdays)Four half-day workshops, 1 pm to 4 pm |
Day 1 (Thursday, February 7)Introduction, Research Design, Descriptive Statistics Inference, Confidence Intervals, t-tests Categorical Data analysis ANOVA Day 2 (Friday, February 8)ANOVA, continued Correlation & Regression Logistic Regression Cox Model Sample Size & Power (If possible) |
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Day 1 (Tuesday, February 12)Introduction, Research Design, Descriptive Statistics Inference, Confidence Intervals, t-tests Day2 (Wednesday, February 13)Categorical Data analysis ANOVA Day 3 (Tuesday, February 19)ANOVA, continued Correlation & Regression Day 4 (Wednesday, February 20)Logistic Regression Cox Model Sample Size & Power (if possible) |
Enquiries to the Administrator, POWCS: postgraduate.powcs@unsw.edu.au
A series of nine weekly lectures on Statistics topics will also begin in late February 2019. These will be open to students and staff working in the hospital precinct at Randwick. More information will be posted in early 2019.
Dr Nancy Briggs is also available for one-on-one consultations with HDR candidates. On Thursdays she is available to POWCS candidates, and is located on level 1, south wing, Edmund Blacket Building (Medical Professorial Unit) on the Prince of Wales Hospital campus. Make an appointment with her by email: nancy.briggs@unsw.edu.au.