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(Tue 5 Aug 2014 - Wed 27 Jan 2016)

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Tue 23 Sep 2014 – Tue 30 Sep 2014

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Tuesday 23 September 2014

09:30
Stata (Statistical Package): Introduction (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

Stata is a powerful general purpose statistical package.

This course is for beginners and fairly new users of the package. Basic concepts and use of Stata will be introduced. The main aim of the course is to give participants a foundation and some background. However statistical techniques are not covered (see note below).

The first session looks at an overview of the Stata system and getting data into Stata format and the second looks at reporting, graphing and analyses. It is strongly recommended for anyone likely to use Stata for any but the very simplest analysis of the very simplest data.

10:30
PowerPoint 2007 for Beginners: Quick Start (self-paced) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2

This self-paced hands-on course gives a "quick start" introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 which is widely used software for preparing presentations. Participants work at their own pace using a workbook containing notes and exercises, with a demonstrator on hand to help.

14:15
Web Skills for Researchers: Why Not to Google Finished 14:15 - 15:15 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre

Google is unarguably the world's most used search engine - but how good is it for academic research? This session aims to demonstrate how to make best use of Google and Google scholar for research purposes, whilst outlining some of the pitfalls of over-relying on them!

R: Regression Analysis in R new (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Balfour Macintosh Room

This course is for new users who have learnt how to get data into R already, and know how to operate basic syntax. Emphasis will be on examples of running applied analyses of regression models for continuous, binary and ordinal outcomes using standard R procedures. Half a dozen libraries will be introduced that enables importing of data and running of linear, binary, ordinal and nominal outcome regression models in R.

Wednesday 24 September 2014

09:30
Stata (Statistical Package): Introduction (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

Stata is a powerful general purpose statistical package.

This course is for beginners and fairly new users of the package. Basic concepts and use of Stata will be introduced. The main aim of the course is to give participants a foundation and some background. However statistical techniques are not covered (see note below).

The first session looks at an overview of the Stata system and getting data into Stata format and the second looks at reporting, graphing and analyses. It is strongly recommended for anyone likely to use Stata for any but the very simplest analysis of the very simplest data.

R: Regression Analysis in R new (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room

This course is for new users who have learnt how to get data into R already, and know how to operate basic syntax. Emphasis will be on examples of running applied analyses of regression models for continuous, binary and ordinal outcomes using standard R procedures. Half a dozen libraries will be introduced that enables importing of data and running of linear, binary, ordinal and nominal outcome regression models in R.

14:15
Python: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (2 of 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course is aimed at those new to programming and provides an introduction to programming using Python, focussing on scientific programming. This course is probably unsuitable for those with significant programming experience. By the end of this course, attendees should be able to write simple Python programs and to understand more complex Python programs written by others.

As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, the examples chosen are of most relevance to scientific programming.

Mathematica: Basics (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

Mathematica is a software package for numerical computation, symbolic manipulation and the production of graphics from mathematical functions and data. This course is for beginners and new users of the package and describes basic concepts and use of Mathematica.

EndNote for Bibliographies: Introduction (self-paced) Finished 14:15 - 16:15 Titan Teaching Room 2

An introduction to the bibliography package EndNote and its interface with Microsoft Word. EndNote is a program that stores bibliographic references, and notes about those references, in an EndNote Library. EndNote then interfaces with MS Word to help you create a bibliography and bibliographic citations while you type a document. The style (contents and layout) of the citations and bibliography can then be formatted in an Output Style of your choice; this can easily be changed without retyping.

Thursday 25 September 2014

09:30
Web Authoring: Introduction to HTML (Level 1) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

This is a practical-based course for people new to writing Web pages. Only the basics of HTML (hypertext markup language) will be covered, but there are other courses for those wishing to extend their knowledge. By the end of the course participants will have created three personal linked web pages.

Email: Managing Your Messages and Saving Time Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room

This course is aimed at people who are using Hermes (or other cam.ac.uk mail servers) and who want to manage and take control of their email because it is taking up too much of their time. It will cover valuable tips and techniques for managing email effectively. The practical part will be self-paced: participants can select which exercises to do using either Hermes Webmail and/or Outlook. There will also be ample opportunity to ask questions.

Unix: Introduction to the Command Line Interface (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Room GL.04 (CMS, Wilberforce Road)

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14:15
Illustrator: The Basics Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Balfour Macintosh Room

Illustrator is a professional graphical illustration package available on Mac and PC platform.

Program Design: How Computers Handle Numbers Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Hopkinson Lecture Theatre

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This could be called "Computer Arithmetic Uncovered". It will describe how computers store and process integers and floating point numbers, and also the exceptions that might arise and what they mean. The intent is to explain how modern computers handle numbers, and how to get reliable answers for a reasonable amount of effort.

Friday 26 September 2014

09:30
Web Authoring: Beyond the Basics (Level 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

This follows on from the Introduction to HTML and is a practical-based course.

Unix: Introduction to the Command Line Interface (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Room GL.04 (CMS, Wilberforce Road)

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Excel 2007: Further Use Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This hands-on course is a follow up from the Excel 2007 Introduction course.

14:15
Python: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (3 of 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course is aimed at those new to programming and provides an introduction to programming using Python, focussing on scientific programming. This course is probably unsuitable for those with significant programming experience. By the end of this course, attendees should be able to write simple Python programs and to understand more complex Python programs written by others.

As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, the examples chosen are of most relevance to scientific programming.

Word 2007: Moving from Word 2003 to Word 2007 Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Titan Teaching Room 2

This course examines the differences between Word 2003 and Word 2007 with a view to using the new version as your default word-processor.

Mathematica: Basics (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

Mathematica is a software package for numerical computation, symbolic manipulation and the production of graphics from mathematical functions and data. This course is for beginners and new users of the package and describes basic concepts and use of Mathematica.

Monday 29 September 2014

09:15
SPSS (Statistical Package): Basic Part 1 Finished 09:15 - 12:15 Titan Teaching Room 2

SPSS is a powerful general purpose statistical package with high quality graphics and tabulation facilities, and a reputation for being relatively user-friendly. This course is for beginners and fairly new users of the package. Basic concepts and use of SPSS will be introduced. The main aim of the course is to give participants a foundation and some background. However statistical techniques are not covered (see note below).

14:15
LaTeX (Text processing): Introduction (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 16:00 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre

LaTeX is a powerful document description language built on top of TeX. It is available on Unix, Windows and Macintoshes. It can be used for the presentation of plain text (including accented characters and letters outside the English alphabet), the typesetting of mathematics, the generation of tables, and producing simple diagrams. It is particularly suited for the writing of theses, papers and technical documents.

Tuesday 30 September 2014

09:30
Web Authoring: DreamWeaver Introduction (Level 4) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

Macromedia Dreamweaver is a powerful web creation tool that allows non-technical people to produce professional websites. This course provides a practical introduction for those that wish to use Dreamweaver to create web-pages and manage websites. It focuses on building a small website.

Access 2007 (Database Package): Fast Track Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

This is a fast paced and shortened version of the 2-session Access 2007 Introduction course and thus is more suitable for those who are quick learners. This course will be taught using Access 2007 on PCs (Windows XP) - note that this version is quite different from previous version.

14:15
LaTeX (Text processing): Introduction (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 16:00 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre

LaTeX is a powerful document description language built on top of TeX. It is available on Unix, Windows and Macintoshes. It can be used for the presentation of plain text (including accented characters and letters outside the English alphabet), the typesetting of mathematics, the generation of tables, and producing simple diagrams. It is particularly suited for the writing of theses, papers and technical documents.

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