Improving your statistical inferences
This course, one of the best online inference courses, is designed to assist you in making more accurate statistical inferences from empirical research. First, you'll learn how to interpret p-values, effect sizes, confidence intervals, Bayes Factors, and likelihood ratios correctly, as well as how these statistics can be used to answer a variety of questions. Then you'll learn how to design experiments with a low false positive rate and how to choose the right sample size for your study, such as to achieve high statistical power.
Subsequently, you will learn how to interpret evidence in the scientific literature given widespread publication bias, for example by learning about p-curve analysis. Finally, you'll discuss how to conduct philosophy of science, theory construction, and cumulative science, as well as how to conduct replication studies, why and how to pre-register your experiment, and how to share your findings using Open Science principles.
You will learn how to simulate t-tests to determine which p-values to expect, calculate likelihood ratios and gain an introduction to binomial Bayesian statistics, and learn about the positive predictive value, which expresses the probability that published research findings are true, through practical, hands-on assignments. You'll calculate effect sizes, practice a-priori power analyses, and see how confidence intervals work through simulations. Finally, you'll learn how to use equivalence testing and Bayesian statistics to determine whether the null hypothesis is true, as well as how to pre-register a study and share your data on the Open Science Framework.
This course offers:
- Flexible deadlines: Reset deadlines based on your availability.
- Shareable certificate: Get a Certificate when you complete
- 100% online
- Intermediate level
- Approx. 28 hours to complete
- Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Course ratings: 4.9/5
Enroll here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/statistical-inferences
