Learning Objects by Keywords
Our learning objects have been developed over the last 10 years using various platforms. You may find you need to download a Flash plugin (Opens in a new windows) to view some of the older ones, or try a different browser.
Selected Keyword: Statistics
Birth Prevalence
This RLO explores the concept of birth prevalence, a special type of prevalence defined as the percentage of a given population who have a particular disease in a given population at a given point in time or over a particular time period.
Release Date: 10 June 2002
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Cross-tabular data
This RLO examines how survey or experimental data can be converted to cross tabular data, and the steps involved in this process. It also examines how to present it in a way that is useful for recognising patterns and representing graphically.
Release Date: 25 January 2007
Descriptive statistics for interval and ratio scale data
Describing the use of measures of central tendency - mean, mode, median - and dispersion - range, Standard Deviation.
Release Date: 01 May 2005
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Incidence
An explanation of incidence as the measurement of disease frequency
Release Date: 24 April 2002
Levels of Measurement
To understand the different levels of measurement and the arithmetic operations that can be performed on them
Release Date: 01 September 2003
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Levels of Measurement: what you can and can't do arithmetically
An explanation of the statistical operations that can be performed on the different levels of measurement. This resource has been re-purposed and an HTML5 version has replaced the original version.
Release Date: 13 January 2017
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Power and sample size
An introduction to type I and type II errors with an interactive simulation to show the dynamic effects of variables on the power of the study
Release Date: 25 June 2003
Prevalence
An explanation of prevalence as the measurement of a situation at one time
Release Date: 05 June 2002
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Probability associated with inferential statistics
An introduction to probability, and the probability of sample errors affecting research results.
Release Date: 10 October 2016
Qualitative and quantitative research
Outlining the distinction between qualitative and quantitative methods of doing research.
Release Date: 13 February 2017
