Understanding quantitative data and performing descriptive analyses (ISSR) [webinar]

This is an ISSR course and places are highly limited as Graduate School is paying the fee. If you are unable to attend, please de-register (or email graduateschool@uq.edu.au if you are unable to do so). An unexplained absence could result in all your future ISSR registrations becoming Waitlisted. You may only attend the workshop once. Repeat bookings will be removed and placed on the Waitlist.

The course will provide an understanding of types of data and data sources, types of variables and sources of variation. We will review summary statistics and introduce statistical analyses for examining group differences and relationships between variables. By the end of this course you should have a better understanding of the data you are, or will be, working with and a starting off point for exploring and analysing your data. The course has a focus on the types of data and descriptive analysis methods best suited to social sciences, and does not contain a software training component.

About Research design

Your research degree requires the ability to apply "analytical and critical thinking skills to generate new knowledge, investigate problems and develop inventive solutions" (UQ HDR Graduate Attributes, 2017). This starts with determining the design of the research study through understanding and justifying the chosen methodologies and analytical methods. Building these skills during your research degree will equip you with the knowledge to apply them in a wide variety of contexts during your career.

The Graduate School has a range of sessions covering research methodolgy and methods delivered by esteemed providers such as ISSR.

Useful links

Graduate School's recording of Expert panel on adjusting research during COVID held on 18 August 2020
Sage Research Methods
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ISSR videos on research methods: Ethnographic approach, Evaluation methods, Mixed methods, Physiological measurement and observation method, Predictive risk modelling methods; Behavioural economics, experimental and quasi-experimental methods
ISSR's MFSAS (Methods for Social Analysis and Statistics) courses
Check out FREE self-paced onine research design and analysis courses with our EdX MOOC partners:

National University of Singapore Quantitative and Qualitative Research for Beginners
University of Endinburgh Introduction to Social Research Methods
TUDelfts Multidisciplinary Research Methods for Engineers
UQ's Introduction to Psychological Research Methods