1. INTRODUCTION TO MODULE 1
2. DEFINING DATA
2.1. Data: Numbers in context 2.2. Variables and units of population 2.3. Data and variation
3. SOURCES OF DATA
3.1. Use of available data i. Anecdotal evidence ii. Pre-existing data 3.2. Generating your own data 3.2.1. Understanding Population and sample i. Population ii. Sample iii. Defining a population 3.2.2. Generating data from observation i. Case studies and surveys ii. The features of a good survey iii. Sampling a population iv. Types of sampling used to generate data v. Using samples vi. Representativeness of a sample to a population vii. Ensuring samples are not biased viii. Margin of error 3.2.3. Generating data from experimentation i. Explanatory and response variables ii. Ethics and experimental and observational studies iii. Influence of extraneous or confounding variables iv. Controlling confounding variables 3.3. Selecting a method to produce data
3.1. Use of available data
i. Anecdotal evidence ii. Pre-existing data
3.2. Generating your own data
3.2.1. Understanding Population and sample i. Population ii. Sample iii. Defining a population 3.2.2. Generating data from observation i. Case studies and surveys ii. The features of a good survey iii. Sampling a population iv. Types of sampling used to generate data v. Using samples vi. Representativeness of a sample to a population vii. Ensuring samples are not biased viii. Margin of error 3.2.3. Generating data from experimentation i. Explanatory and response variables ii. Ethics and experimental and observational studies iii. Influence of extraneous or confounding variables iv. Controlling confounding variables
3.2.1. Understanding Population and sample
i. Population ii. Sample iii. Defining a population
3.2.2. Generating data from observation
i. Case studies and surveys ii. The features of a good survey iii. Sampling a population iv. Types of sampling used to generate data v. Using samples vi. Representativeness of a sample to a population vii. Ensuring samples are not biased viii. Margin of error
3.2.3. Generating data from experimentation
i. Explanatory and response variables ii. Ethics and experimental and observational studies iii. Influence of extraneous or confounding variables iv. Controlling confounding variables
3.3. Selecting a method to produce data
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