Q-Step Conversion Course
- Title
- Q-Step Conversion Course
- Speaker(s)
- Date and Time
- 26th May 2014 09:00 - 6th Jun 2014 16:00
- Location
- Chrystal Macmillan Building
- URL
- http://www.q-step.ed.ac.uk/community/events/other_events/2014/q-step_conversion_course
Q-Step Conversion Course Timetable 2014
Course location: CMB, 15A George Square. We will always meet in either seminar room 5 or the CMB basement computer labs.
Click Here to download the schedule in .pdf format.
Week 1
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Day One |
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Monday 26th May |
9:30 – 10:45 |
Introduction to the course and ice breaker, CMB seminar room 5 |
Alison Koslowski, MorKandlik Eltanani |
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10:45 – 11:00 |
Group photo (CMB lobby) |
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11:00 –11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 – 12:30 |
Lab session, CMB basement lab. Using the labs and signing up for data access. |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch (provided today in CMB foyer) |
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14:00 – 16:00 |
Lecture: Why do quantitative methods? An introduction to secondary data access and management |
Jan Eichhorn |
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Day Two |
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Tuesday 27thMay |
9:30 – 11:00 |
Lab session: Accessing secondary data and introduction to SPSS |
Jan Eichhorn, MorKandik Eltanani |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 –12:30 |
Introduction to the assessment and guided independent study with access to lecturers to ask questions |
Alison Koslowski, JanEichhorn, and MorKandlik Eltanani |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 – 16:00 |
Lecture: Contingency tables |
Vernon Gayle |
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Day Three |
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Wednesday 28thMay |
9:30 – 11:00 |
Lab session: Contingency tables |
Jan Eichhorn, MorKandik Eltanani |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 –12:30 |
Guided independent study with access to lecturers to ask questions |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 – 16:00 |
Lecture: Measures of association between categorical variables |
Ross Bond |
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Day Four |
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Thursday 29thMay |
9:30 – 11:00 |
Lab session: Calculating measures of association for categorical variables using SPSS |
Ross Bond, Mor KandikEltanani |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 –12.30 |
Guided independent study with access to lecturers to ask questions |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 – 15.30 |
Lecture: Causality and the concept of control in a 3-way contingency table |
Lindsay Paterson |
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15:30 – 17:00 |
AQMeN Scottish Government event (optional), CMB room 4 |
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Day Five |
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Friday 30th May |
9:30 – 11:00 |
Lab session: 3-way contingency tables |
Alison Koslowski, MorKandik Eltanani |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 –12:30 |
Multiple choice exam, Seminar room 5 |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 –16:00 |
Lecture: Bivariate analysis for continuous variables |
Ailsa Henderson |
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Week 2
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Day Six |
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Monday 2ndJune |
9:30 – 11:00 |
Lab session: Group feedback on multiple choice & scatterplots |
Alison Koslowski, Morag Treanor, MorKandik Eltanani |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 – 12:30 |
Lab session: Guided independent study with access to lecturers to ask questions |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 16:00 |
Lecture: Introduction to multiple linear regression |
John MacInnes |
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Day Seven |
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Tuesday 3rdJune |
9:30 – 11:00 |
Lab session: Running regressions |
John MacInnes, MorKandik Eltanani |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 –12:30 |
Introduction to the final assessment and guided independent study with access to lecturers to ask questions |
Alison Koslowski, JohnMacInnes, Mor KandikEltanani |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 – 16:00 |
Lecture: Linear regression continued: dummy variables and interatctions |
Andy Thompson |
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17:00 |
Course social night at a local establishment – to be confirmed |
All invited |
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Day Eight |
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Wednesday 4thJune |
9:30 – 11:00 |
Lab session: Running regressions continued |
Andy Thompson, MorKandik Eltanani |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 –12:30 |
Guided independent study with access to lecturers to ask questions |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 – 16:00 |
Lecture: Inference and the logic of sampling |
Alison Koslowski |
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Day Nine |
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Thursday 5thJune |
9:30 – 11:00 |
Lab session: Accounting for survey design in analysis |
Morag Treanor, MorKandik Eltanani |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 –12:30 |
Guided independent study with access to lecturers to ask questions |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 – 15:30 |
Lecture: Communicating quantitative analysis |
Morag Treanor |
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Day Ten |
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Friday 6th June |
9:30 – 11:00 |
Guided independent study with access to lecturers to ask questions |
Alison Koslowski, MorKandik Eltanani |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 –12:30 |
Guided independent study with access to lecturers to ask questions and hand in of assessed project work by the end of the session |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 – 16:00 |
Real life research session, time for feedback |
Jan Eichhorn, AlisonKoslowski |
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16:00 |
It is quite likely that we will head to Doctors at this point |
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Refreshments
Lunch will be provided on the first day. Dinner will be provided during the social night.
Access to tea and coffee making facilities will be available, or you can pop to a local coffee shop during coffee breaks. Please feel free to bring your own lunch other days.
