Course

Bivariate Descriptive Statistics

This course introduces learners to descriptive statistics, its importance in daily life, and application areas with a key focus on analysing two variables. The course provides learners with the necessary understanding of measures of correlation and measures of association and also introduces them to the chi-square statistic. The course is designed to equip learners with the ability evaluate and describe any two set of variables based on these summary statistics.

5 Lessons

Outcomes

By the end of the course, learners would be able to:

  • Understand the various types of bivariate analysis which can occur based on the nature of the variables
  • Be able to choose an appropriate correlation coefficient for analysing two variables after just looking at the data
  • Determine the appropriate statistic for analysing a pair of continuous-categorical variables
  • Be able to choose a correct measure of association for analysing categorical data
 Level: Level 0
Duration: 10 hours
Pre-requisites:
  1. Introduction to Statistics
  2. Univariate Descriptive Statistics
What’s next: TBD