Making Inferences: Correlation and Regression Analysis
Explore correlation and regression to determine how variables are related and make informed predictions.
Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
8 hours
Making Inferences: Correlation and Regression Analysis
The closer the set of data points, the stronger the relationship
This short course emphasises the importance of testing hypothesis and Chi-square for quantitative research and analysis. It also aims to enable you to compute and produce correlation and linear regression models in a broad range of applications in business.
By the end of this course, you should be able to illustrate and conceptualise correlation and regression models in terms of predicting behavioural outcomes through identifying significance, assumptions and other related consideration.
What topics will you cover?
- Hypothesis testing
- Chi-square
- Correlation coefficient
- Linear regression analysis: Least squares method
- Producing linear regression models
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Describe and implement hypothesis tests and determine their level of significance
- Perform Chi-square tests and determine the level of significance
- Evaluate the direction and strength of correlation and test for significance
- Calculate and interpret the Pearson correlation coefficient
- Calculate and interpret the coefficient of determination
- Identify linear regression and the relationship between dependent and independent variables
- Calculate and interpret regression models and outcomes
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for students and entry-level data analysts who wish to pursue business analyst or data analyst careers.
Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.
Who developed the course?
Coventry University
Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.
Established
1992Location
Coventry
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