1st PSA Summer Institute
Statistics for Research
PSA Center
2nd Floor GSCTEMPCI Building
Quirino South
General Santos City
May 21-22, 2009

Statistics play an essential role in all stages of a research project, from design up to analysis and interpretation. This course covers the essential principles and method required as well the appropriate/underlying concepts of statistical analysis and interpretation of results in a research project.

Course Aim

Upgrade quantitative skills in research in order to come up with a desirable and credible research proposal.
At the end of the course, participants should be able to demonstrate an understanding of probability, sampling distribution, point and interval estimates; compute and interpret point and interval estimates; perform and interpret tests of hypothesis concerning population parameters; use non-parametric methods for analyzing data; and analyze simple relationships among variables.

Course Participants

Recommended for first-level statistical personnel in government offices who are non-statisticians but involved in research, data analysis and report preparation. Participants must have adequate background in mathematics and descriptive statistics.

Course Coverage

Introduction of Statistical Concepts
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Dispersion
Introduction to Probability
The Normal Distribution
Statistical Sampling and Estimation
Hypothesis Testing


Course Duration: 14 hours or 2 days

Registration:

Registration fee is Php 1500 inclusive of handouts, certificate and refreshment

To register and further inquiry, please contact us Telefax Nos. (83) 554 1905 or email it to Engr. Jilldon Dalipe (Course Coordinator and Lecturer) jdalipe@philstat.org