Brief descriptive coefficients that summarise a given dataset.
Process of using data analysis to infer properties of an underlying distribution of probability.
Tools that statisticians use to draw conclusions about the characteristics of a population, drawn from the characteristics of a sample, and to decide how certain they can be of the reliability of those conclusions.
Measures of descriptive statistics include:
Regression, correlation, confidence intervals.
Mean, median, mode, standard deviation.
What is the Mode?
The sum of all values divided by the number of values.
The middle value of all the values when ordered from lowest to highest.
The most frequent value.
What is Standard Deviation?
Compare values to a normalised value.
A measure of how dispersed the data is in relation to the mean.
Shows how often a value appears in the dataset.
Select the 5 principles for effective impact reporting.
Relate outcomes to your long-term goal
Understand the need
Be honest
Create trust
Who or what can provide this info?
Get funding
Understand the requirement
Get to know your supporters
Have a clear purpose and defined aims
Qualitative or quantitative?
Continuous
Discrete
Qualitative
Number of GP practices
Age (10, 26, 38, 64)
Gender (Male, Female)
Count of staff in a company
Case study
Time to wake up
The amount of time required to complete a task
Diagnosis description
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