Online Short Course: Introduction to Statistics

Important Announcements:

• An early bird discount is available to all DOHaD Members who register for the short course prior to Friday 23 June 23:59 BST.
• The Society is sponsoring a limited number of places for Standard and Trainee Members living and working in LMICs -- please see below for more information about this opportunity!

Duration: 15 July and 16 July 08:00 - 12:30 UK Time (BST)

Details for joining the course online will be provided closer to the event's date.

Please Note: By registering onto the course, you agree to use a working camera and keep it turned on throughout the duration of the course. This measure ensures effective course delivery.

Module leaders and Organisers: Dr Kathryn Dalrymple and Dr Florence Tydeman, King's College London

Summary: The course will cover an introduction to statistics and health research. It will provide an overview of collecting, cleaning, and wrangling data. Students will work primarily in R Studio and will become familiar with reading in, presenting and summarising data. Understand the importance of sample variation and hypothesis testing as well as regression and correlation.

Syllabus:

• Introduction to Biostatistics and Research Methods
• Data management, distribution and visualization
• T -tests and non-parametric alternative tests (Wilcoxon signed rank test, Mann-Whitney U test)
• Analysis of contingency tables — chi squared test
• Hypothesis testing, confidence intervals and p-value
• Introduction to correlation and regression

Learning outcomes:

• Develop an understanding of statistics applied to health research.
• Understand key components of data types, how to collect and wrangle data into a workable format.
• Become familiar with the R coding environment, reading in data, summarising findings and presenting data in tables and graphs.
• The course will also cover the importance of sample variation and hypothesis testing, followed by an introduction to correlation and regression.
• By the end of the 2-day course participants will have a good understanding of how these topics relate to their own research.

Additional Information:

• No prior knowledge of statistics or using R is required to attend this course.
• This short course will be recorded, and participants will be able to view the recording for approximately 6 weeks after the event.
• Certificates of attendance will be available for those who attend at least 75% of the course.
• Participants are strongly encouraged to have their video on for the duration of the course.

Ticket types:

Important Notice - PLEASE READ: Kindly ensure that you select the appropriate ticket during registration. Failure to do so may result in the cancellation of your registration, with a subsequent refund.

The early bird registration is only available to DOHaD Society members. Purchases will be canceled if the registrant is not a Society member. All non-members may register for the short course at full price (£200 for Regular attendees, £107.50 for Trainees and Emerging Career Researchers, and £10 for individuals in LMICs).

There are ten scholarships available for DOHaD Society members (Standard or Trainee/ECR) who are *living and working* in lower-, lower middle- and upper middle-income countries, as defined by the OECD and World Bank. If you are originally from an LMIC but are living and working in a high income country, we apologise, you are not eligible for this scholarship.

The deadline to apply for a scholarship is Friday 21 June 2024. Please complete this form in order to be considered. After this date the £5 LMIC rate will apply. Successful applicants will be notified if they have a place secured.

Following registration, all LMIC registrants will be asked to fill out a brief questionnaire confirming your location and institution. All Trainee/ECR registrants will need to confirm their career status.

If you would like to learn more about joining the DOHaD Society, please visit https://dohadsoc.org/join-us/

Please Note: the Eventbrite registration and payment processes may not work for all countries. If you are having difficulty registering for the event, please email communications@dohadsoc.org and we will provide an alternative registration and payment option.