Statistics

Statistical principles: variability and confidence intervals

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This resource helps students understand and apply key concepts related to data variability and statistical significance in a biomedical context. It guides students to describe, predict, and calculate standard deviation, standard error, and confidence intervals, and supports them to interpret the significance of these measures in different scenarios.

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Learning outcomes

describe and predict standard deviation, standard error and confidence intervals in various scenarios.
calculate standard deviation, standard error and confidence intervals.
interpret significance of standard error, standard deviation and confidence intervals.

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Skills

Interpreting and Analysing Data

How to analyse and compare statistical values

Manipulating and Presenting Data

How to calculate standard deviation for various datasets
How to calculate standard error for various datasets
How to calculate confidence intervals for various datasets

Concepts, Principles and Theories

How to describe and predict statistical values

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Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Bristol

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Degrees

Biological science

Biomedical science

Foundation science

Discipline

Scientific literacy

Topic

Statistics

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