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Basic Concepts of Statistics for Geography and Biology
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| Title | Basic Concepts of Statistics for Geography and Biology |
| Description | Four Powerpoint presentations for Advanced Higher Geography and Biology covering the basic concepts of statistics. They include: types of data, measures of dispersion, sampling techniques and bias, chi-squared testing and the null hypothesis, significance tests, and nearest neighbour analysis. A further PowerPoint presentation gives an introduction to the course and an overview, dated October 2004. |
| Level(s) | AH |
| Date of publication | October 2004 |
| Resource status | Currently In Use |
| Free downloadable material |  Powerpoint file: 1. Descriptive Statistics (176 KB)Powerpoint file: 2. Inferential Statistics - Basic Concepts (297 KB)Powerpoint file: 3. Inferential Statistics - Chi-square Test (175 KB)Powerpoint file: 4. Inferential Statistics - Nearest Neighbour Analysis (239 KB)Powerpoint file: 5. Introduction to the AH Course 2004 (127 KB) |
| Producer | SAGT (Scottish Association of Geography Teachers) |
| Copyright | SAGT |
| Product code | SAGT009 |
| Advice for users | Users should check that documents conform with current SQA Arrangements |
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