led by Dr Faical Akaichi and Chen Ai, Scotland’s Rural College
This all day course is designed to be gentle introduction to the basics of bivariate analysis and regression analysis in the open-source software RStudio.
We will cover these topics:
- Dealing with variables: types, distributions
- Hypothesis testing
- Testing relationships between two variables (correlation, chi-square test, t-test, ANOVA etc)
- Linear regression analysis: theory, steps, interpretation
- Use of the results in prediction and policy analysis
Some preparatory work is required: All students will receive a tutorial booklet prepared by the lecturer to read before the in-person session and will provide a theoretical overview of these topics. The in-person session will be dedicated to practical work conducting the bivariate and regression analyses in RStudio. The students will be provided with the data and the R code and will be guided through the analysis process. The lecture will also teach the students how to interpret the results and use them in prediction and policy analysis.
Students should bring their own devices and need to ensure they have R and RStudio installed.