Organization: Africa School of Project Management
Registration deadline: 19 Feb 2016
Starting date: 22 Feb 2016
Ending date: 26 Feb 2016
The Africa School of Project Management (ASPM) was established in the year 2000 in Kenya as a membership based professional management organisation.The school was formed to address capacity building needs among development partners, donor organizations, Government agencies, International and private sector firms in Africa.
The school has been pivotal in capacity building in South Sudan, South Africa, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Somalia, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda. The school has trained over 12,000 staffs who are involved in different projects **
CourseAim: To provide a clear, practical, focused and hands-on application of statistical software R
WhoShouldAttend
This course is intended for those presently engaged in, or intending to undertake data analysis;
The course is also recommended for the following;
- Staffs involved in making informed decision
- M&E officers, managers
- Data Officers
- Data Managers
- M&E Consultants
- Masters and PhD students
LearningContent
Modules
- Introduction to R
1.1 Why R?
1.2 Download and install R
1.3 The interface
1.4 Basic calculations
1.5 Importing data from Excel
1.6 Simple graphics
1.7 Saving results
1.8 Summary of R commands Review exercises and assignment
- Describing data
2.1 Data typology
2.2 Categorical and Numerical data
2.3 Averages -‐ measures of centre
2.4 Spread – measures of variation
2.5 Working with tables
2.6 Adding additional packages to Base R
2.7 Summary of R commands Review exercises and assignment 2
- Comparing groups
3.1 Introduction to parametric and non-‐parametric tests
3.2 Sampling distribution of the mean and the standard error
3.3 Hypothesis tests and Confidence Intervals
3.4 Two-‐groups: Paired samples
3.5 Two-‐groups: Independent samples
3.6 Summary of R commands Review exercises and assignment 3
4 Comparing groups
4.1 Introduction – comparing multiple groups
4.2 Analysis of variance -‐ ANOVA
4.3 Nonparametric method -‐ Kruskal-‐Wallis test
4.4 Summary of R commands Review exercises and assignment 4
- Comparing groups (II) – categorical data
5.1 Introduction – frequency tables
5.2 One proportion
5.3 Two or more independent proportions
5.4 Two paired proportions
5.5 Analysis of tables -‐ the chi-‐square test
5.6 A 2 x 2 table
5.7 A 2 x k table
5.8 A k x k table – matched variables
5.9 Estimating risk -‐ relative ratio and the odds ratio
5.10 Analysis of Large tables
5.11 Summary of R commands Review exercises and assignment 5
- Assessing association -‐ correlation and simple linear regression
6.1 Pearson’s correlation coefficient
6.2 Spearman’s nonparametric correlation
6.3 Simple regression models
6.4 Multiple regressions
6.5 Summary of R commands Review exercise and assignment 6
How to register:
Kindly apply through http://www.aspm.co.ke/index.php/online-application or drop us mail at info@aspm.co.ke.
The tuition fee is US D 1,490 Exclusive VAT for the one weeks training.The rates caters for;
· Six hours training every day
· Meals at 10.00 AM,Lunch,4.00 PM
· Training materials on soft/hard
· Certificate
· One tour to the National park/zoo
· Airport transfer