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Self Assessment Activities

 

Quantitative Analysis Methods

Listed below are sets of skills associated with doing quantitative analysis.

Go through these sets and check the skills you believe you have. Click on the 'Evaluate' button and ERC will attempt to interpret your responses.

 
Level of skill/experience
  Small  
Large
   
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2
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4
5
Block 1            
Basic data processing - entering data from surveys etc.  
Data cleaning - making sure the data is coherent  
Maintaining and managing research data  
Block 2            
Basic use of a statistical package or the Excel add-on  
Block 3            
Generate appropriate basic graphs  
Obtain & interpret descriptive statistics  
Block 4            
Medium level use of a statistical package  
Obtain interpret 2 group comparison statistics  
Obtain & interpret multi-group comparison statistics  
Obtain & interpret measures of association  
Block 5            
Generate appropriate advanced graphs (eg QQ plots)  
Obtain & interpret regression statistics  
Obtain & interpret complex multi-group models  
Obtain & interpret cluster analysis  
Block 6            
Obtain & interpret Principal components/ Factor analysis  
Obtain & interpret Discriminant analysis  
Block 7            
Produce nonparametric statistics when needed  
Produce robust statistics when needed  

Block 8

           
Presenting data that meets professional standards  

Writing up results in a form readers will understand

 

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