Statistics for Policy Makers
Course outline
The course covers key statistical concepts crucial to the effective statistical results constantly used to make decisions in business and government.
It is designed to last half a day because we understand that the targeted audience is time constrained. To cover a substantial amount of statistical material in this short time, without the use of mathematical formulae and with minimum of jargon, we make use of graphical displays that convey the concepts and their use. During the session fair amount of time is allocated to questions and answers about the practical use of statistical results as sources of information.
This course is not intended to teach how to produce statistics or process data but how to interpret statistical information.
Who should attend?
The course is aimed at people who are interested in using statistical results for decision making, who need to get the best of the statistical information available and would like to make sure that the they can interpret statistics and statistical results effectively.
How you will benefit
Decision makers in government and the private sector and members of teams that use statistics to build policies or brief policy makers.
Course content
- Interpretation of commonly found published statistics
- What is statistical significance and what does it mean?
- Interpreting statistical associations and causality
- How to make the best of statistics for decision making?
Dates: 1 March 2012
Duration: 0.5 day (afternoon)
Price: £180
Discounts: An Academic discount
is available for this course.
Last updated: 9 January, 2012
