Scientific Data Management (Level 6) (15 credits)
The aim of this paper is to provide students with knowledge of the concepts and methods of scientific data analysis. Using a generic computer software package, students will enter data, manipulate and summarise data, conduct statistical analyses, and extract meaningful information for presentation and dissemination in a relevant format to an audience.
Content Outline:
- Defining scientific data; the meaning of a variable, mean and variance, use of multiple variables
- Introduction to the Excel software package
- Data management in Excel
- Programming in Excel
- Creating charts in Excel
- Hypothesis testing
- Statistical analyses
- Building a set of results outcomes
- Communicating and disseminating results