Course Information
| Session |
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| Credits | 2.25 CEUs or 22.5 PDHs |
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| Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
Everyday Statistics for Librarians
$375.00
Dates: March 2 - April 12Credits: 2.25 CEUs or 22.5 PDHs
This confidence-building course presents statistical techniques in everyday language for doing the types of calculations commonly applied to library settings. The course will describe the purpose of statistical functions and demonstrate how to apply these to library and other data. Participants will learn to use spreadsheet software to conduct statistical analysis evaluating the significance of observations, relationships between variables, and differences between groups. This course provides ample opportunity for practice and feedback with each new analysis approach and focuses on the practical interpretation and application of statistical findings. Microsoft Excel will be used for examples, practice, and assignments.
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Use spreadsheet software to calculate descriptive statistics such as mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and skew
- Analyze frequency distributions of variables such as survey responses
- Calculate rate of change to understand trends
- Determine statistical significance
- Conduct statistical tests using the hypotheticals
- Calculate measures of association (correlation and regression)
- Calculate measures of difference between groups (t-tests, chi-square & ANOVA)
- Evaluate effect sizes for statistical findings
- Create graphs to illustrate numerical facts
Course Description
This confidence-building course presents statistical techniques in everyday language for doing the types of calculations commonly applied to library settings. The course will describe the purpose of statistical functions and demonstrate how to apply these to library and other data. Participants will learn to use spreadsheet software to conduct statistical analysis evaluating the significance of observations, relationships between variables, and differences between groups. This course provides ample opportunity for practice and feedback with each new analysis approach and focuses on the practical interpretation and application of statistical findings. Microsoft Excel will be used for examples, practice, and assignments.
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Use spreadsheet software to calculate descriptive statistics such as mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and skew
- Analyze frequency distributions of variables such as survey responses
- Calculate rate of change to understand trends
- Determine statistical significance
- Conduct statistical tests using the hypotheticals
- Calculate measures of association (correlation and regression)
- Calculate measures of difference between groups (t-tests, chi-square & ANOVA)
- Evaluate effect sizes for statistical findings
- Create graphs to illustrate numerical facts
Andrew Asher
Dr. Andrew Asher is the Director for Organizational Research, Analytics, and Strategy at the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries, where he leads institution-wide qualitative and quantitative evaluation programs, conducts research on the anthropology of information, and teaches research methods in information science. Asher holds a PhD in sociocultural anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and has written and presented widely on applying ethnographic methods to libraries.
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