Communicating statistics

UNESCO-NIGERIA TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
REVITALISATION PROJECT-PHASE II




NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN
STATISTICS




COMMUNICATING STATISTICS
COURSE CODE: STA 215




YEAR 2- SEMESTER I

THEORY/PRACTICAL

Version 1: July 2009




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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Wk 1 Page
1.0 Why would anyone want to employ a statistician? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Wk 2
2.1 Meeting skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2 Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.3 Good Meeting Practice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.4 Keeping a record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wk 3
3.1 Taking Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.2 Use the Agenda as your format for note-taking and minute writing. . . . . . . .
3.3 Recommendations for note-taking. . . . . . . .
3.4 Qualities of a good note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.5 Why proof reading is so hard and so essential. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wk 4
4.0 Presentation Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.1 Planning Your Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.2 Practice Your Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.3 Placement of Equipment and Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.4 Data presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.5 Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wk 5
5.0 Guidelines for Reporting Statistics in Journals and articles. . . . . . . .

5.1 Materials and methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wk 6
6.1 Guidelines for Reporting Statistics in Journals and articles. . . . . . . .

Wk 7
7.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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,7.1 Difficult words and concepts in Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.2 Some Basic Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wk 8
8.0 Project Research Questions and Objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.1 Steps in conducting mixed methods study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wk 9
9.0 Literature Search and Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
9.1 Key elements of a literature review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wk 10
10.0 Structure of the Research work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10.1 Title Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


10.2 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


10.3 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


Wk 11
11.0 Project planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.1 Definition of a project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.2 The Work Based Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wk 12
12.0 Gantt charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12.2 Using Ghantt charts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12.3 Constructing a Gantt chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12.4 Adjusting the Gantt chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.5 Monitoring the project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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, Wk 13
13.1 Research and Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13.2 Writing and Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wk 14
14.0 Writing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14.1 Writing is a skill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14.2 Good planning is the key to good writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wk 15
15.1 Report Layout and Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15.2. Tables, graphs and figures: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15.3 Referencing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15.4 Online Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .




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