AICM 702: Research Statistical Methods for AICM

Abstract: 
Principles of statistics and application to AICM; data, information and knowledge concepts; data processing and presentation; descriptive statistics; introduction to inferential statistics for AICM: hypothesis tests (-t-test, ANOVA, Correlations, Chi-square); Regression Analysis: simple linear regression; multiple linear regression; partial correlation; time series/trend analysis; bivariate analysis; multivariate analysis: application of MANOVA and regression, principle component and factor analysis, discriminant, canonical correlations, and cluster analyses in AICM; spatial data analysis; computer applications to statistical analysis (introduction to suitable statistical software: spread sheets, SAS, SPSS, GIS, statistical, other emerging).
Language: 
English
Date of publication: 
2010
Country: 
Region Focus: 
Africa Wide
Author/Editor(s): 
Collection: 
RUFORUM OER and Open Access
Licence conditions: 
OER
Form: 
Web resource
Notes: 

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