WEBVTT Kind: captions; language: en-us NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 83% (HØY) 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.100 Hello everyone and welcome to statistics. In this video I will give you some information about the 00:00:09.100 --> 00:00:15.600 statistics module, in the research methods courses, for both the Norwegian master's program, and the 00:00:15.600 --> 00:00:19.500 international master's program in Special Needs education. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 87% (HØY) 00:00:19.900 --> 00:00:28.400 What can you expect from the statistics module? Well, there are actually two parts to it. In the 00:00:28.400 --> 00:00:35.150 first part. You will learn the basic concepts and procedures that are necessary for going forward. 00:00:35.150 --> 00:00:41.900 And then in part 2, you will learn to conduct and interpret some statistical analyses, using a 00:00:41.900 --> 00:00:46.150 specific simple, easy-to-use software package. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 88% (HØY) 00:00:46.150 --> 00:00:52.900 It's very important you keep in mind that the way that the course is design is that the basic 00:00:52.900 --> 00:00:59.600 concepts you will learn in part 1 are actually necessary for your successful work in part 2. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 91% (HØY) 00:00:59.900 --> 00:01:07.200 The final exam will focus mostly on the practical aspects. That is understanding studies with 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:13.600 Statistics in them and analyzing your own data. Perhaps for a master's thesis or another project 00:01:13.600 --> 00:01:15.400 later on. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 91% (HØY) 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:25.050 So how this course is structured to work. There are two main aspects of this new design for the year 00:01:25.050 --> 00:01:32.800 2020. First of all, we're going to use the flipped classroom approach. This means that there is no 00:01:32.800 --> 00:01:39.700 traditional lecture on the basic content. You do this, work on your own before the interactive 00:01:39.700 --> 00:01:46.900 session. So you read the materials, you test yourself, you read again, you study, you improve NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 91% (HØY) 00:01:46.900 --> 00:01:53.500 Understanding and very importantly, you figure out what the weak spots are and where the challenges 00:01:53.500 --> 00:01:59.000 for you are. So you bring this knowledge with you through the interactive session where we all get 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:06.300 together and discuss and solve these kinds of problems or work with specific activities that help us 00:02:06.300 --> 00:02:09.800 understand better and use our new skills. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 89% (HØY) 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:16.900 The second feature is distance learning. So everything is going to be online. There aren't going to 00:02:16.900 --> 00:02:23.200 be any physical meetings. All the materials will be online, that includes the textbooks, the 00:02:23.200 --> 00:02:29.700 quizzes. The video lectures all will be recorded and our interactive sessions will take place by 00:02:29.700 --> 00:02:31.100 Zoom. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 91% (HØY) 00:02:32.200 --> 00:02:39.600 So, how are you expected to work using this design? This is very important to understand because 00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:44.950 it's very different from the traditional workflow in university courses. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 90% (HØY) 00:02:44.950 --> 00:02:51.000 So, this starts with the flipped classroom approach, which means, first of all, you read the 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:59.250 assigned textbook material on your own and you reread until you are somewhat confident with it. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 83% (HØY) 00:02:59.250 --> 00:03:06.900 Then you watch the videos that are posted on canvas where I explain some basic concepts, or I show 00:03:06.900 --> 00:03:12.500 you how to do something. You can pause the videos. You can replay the videos until you're familiar 00:03:12.500 --> 00:03:18.200 with this, and you can go back to the readings to clarify things, back and forth, until you get 00:03:18.200 --> 00:03:21.150 reasonably comfortable with the week's topic. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 89% (HØY) 00:03:21.150 --> 00:03:28.500 Then you do the quiz where the quizzes that are assigned for this week and are related to the same 00:03:28.500 --> 00:03:36.300 topic and you may have to redo the quiz or go back and study something. There is no limit to how 00:03:36.300 --> 00:03:43.100 many times you can do the quiz, but don't try to do it too many times. Just do it a couple of times 00:03:43.100 --> 00:03:50.750 to see how far you are in getting comfortable with this material then identify where you have challenges. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 79% (HØY) 00:03:50.750 --> 00:03:58.200 And bring those to the interactive session. So on Zoom, we will discuss common problems that I 00:03:58.200 --> 00:04:04.500 will identify by looking at the quiz answers. We will discuss your questions that you will have 00:04:04.500 --> 00:04:09.950 posted all the canvas discussion area, or other questions that you come up with during the session 00:04:09.950 --> 00:04:15.500 and we'll go through some common activities, that will help your understanding. And then based on 00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:17.000 all this discussion. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 88% (HØY) 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:24.700 You will go back and study the materials again, to consolidate your knowledge fill in any weak spots 00:04:24.700 --> 00:04:31.200 and become very comfortable with the week's topic, which is the foundation for going on. So it's 00:04:31.200 --> 00:04:38.300 very important to remember that you should not be unprepared in the interactive session. That's 00:04:38.300 --> 00:04:43.100 because there is not going to be any lecture. And I'm not going to repeat anything that's in the 00:04:43.100 --> 00:04:47.000 materials. Either the textbook or the recorded videos, so you NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 81% (HØY) 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:50.700 Are expected to be very familiar with that. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 91% (HØY) 00:04:50.700 --> 00:04:59.100 You should have noted your questions so that you are ready to bring up any issues that you had with 00:04:59.100 --> 00:05:04.700 the material, so we can discuss and resolve them in the interactive session. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 90% (HØY) 00:05:04.700 --> 00:05:11.900 You should do the quizzes once or twice before the interactive session and not many times. This is 00:05:11.900 --> 00:05:19.300 because I want to be able to look at the responses before the interactive session and see which 00:05:19.300 --> 00:05:25.800 questions have been the most challenging ones. So I can either post another explanation or bring 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:31.000 this up in the interactive session for discussion then address any issues. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 89% (HØY) 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:38.400 After the interactive session, be sure to go back revisit the materials that are relevant and 00:05:38.400 --> 00:05:45.800 consolidate your knowledge, so that you can actually use your new skills. If you don't do that. It's 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:52.700 likely that you will forget some of the explanations. So always connect the new skills and knowledge 00:05:52.700 --> 00:05:58.450 that are arising in the interactive session by going back and tying them to the study materials 00:05:58.450 --> 00:06:00.500 before moving on. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 86% (HØY) 00:06:00.500 --> 00:06:07.400 In this course, we will be using canvas a lot. So everything is set up to go through a canvas 00:06:07.400 --> 00:06:14.900 module on the home page for this course. If you click on statistics, you will be led to the first 00:06:14.900 --> 00:06:23.200 part of a progression that is programmed on canvas where you are guided through materials and tests. 00:06:23.200 --> 00:06:30.700 You should follow this progression in the prescribed order. In this way you build the foundation for 00:06:30.700 --> 00:06:30.900 the NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 91% (HØY) 00:06:30.900 --> 00:06:32.700 moving on. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 91% (HØY) 00:06:32.700 --> 00:06:40.400 Use the statistics discussion area on canvas to post your questions. Even to post your suggested 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:47.100 answers, you follow up on previous questions and answers. I will be monitoring that area and 00:06:47.100 --> 00:06:52.600 answering questions in writing there as well as noting things to take up in the interactive 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:56.700 sessions. So use this discussion forum. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 91% (HØY) 00:06:57.700 --> 00:07:02.950 What is required of you to successfully complete the course? NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 85% (HØY) 00:07:02.950 --> 00:07:08.750 There are two obligatory work assignments, and a final exam. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 81% (HØY) 00:07:08.750 --> 00:07:15.500 Important me, the work assignments are obligatory only for the students in the Norwegian master's 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:22.299 program. The students, in the international Masters program do not have an obligatory requirement 00:07:22.299 --> 00:07:29.100 for passing the course, but you should still do all the quizzes and assignments because the, their 00:07:29.100 --> 00:07:36.350 main purpose is to help you understand and test yourself so that you can see where you need to study 00:07:36.350 --> 00:07:39.200 and to practice your new skills. So that you learn NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 72% (MEDIUM) 00:07:39.200 --> 00:07:40.800 Better. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 76% (HØY) 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:49.500 The first assignment, which will be due on October 2nd will require you to have completed all 00:07:49.500 --> 00:07:56.300 quizzes with at least 90 percent correct. There is no limit to how many times you can try, but the 00:07:56.300 --> 00:08:02.300 point is not to use many trials to do them correctly. The point is to use them to identify what you 00:08:02.300 --> 00:08:08.700 need to go back and study to understand before you can answer correctly. It's very important to 00:08:08.700 --> 00:08:12.100 understand why the correct answer is correct and NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 82% (HØY) 00:08:12.100 --> 00:08:18.300 Why the incorrect options are not correct. That should be your goal when working with the quizzes 00:08:18.300 --> 00:08:24.300 and there will also be an additional problem on data processing where you will get practice with 00:08:24.300 --> 00:08:29.600 actual data using some of the procedures that you will learn in this course. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 85% (HØY) 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:37.600 The second assignment, which will be due on November 13th. Will also have a similar part based on 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:43.799 the weekly quizzes. That should be correct at 90%. They will also be problem sets where you will 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:50.700 have to conduct analysis in this part. There will be another problem with data processing and also, 00:08:50.700 --> 00:08:57.300 you will try to read and interpret a published study. And we will actually go through this together 00:08:57.300 --> 00:09:00.650 because this is an important learning outcome for you. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 84% (HØY) 00:09:00.650 --> 00:09:04.900 That we want you to have by completing this course. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 85% (HØY) 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:13.900 The final exam will be, mostly like the second obligatory work assignment, and we will work on the 00:09:13.900 --> 00:09:20.500 parts of the exam, not the exact same problems, but very similar problems during the workshops. And 00:09:20.500 --> 00:09:26.400 we'll also discuss very similar problems in the last week of the course. So you will be very well 00:09:26.400 --> 00:09:32.500 prepared for the kind of issues that you will face in the final exam. And there will be mostly 00:09:32.500 --> 00:09:35.599 practical ones having to deal with data. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 89% (HØY) 00:09:35.599 --> 00:09:41.800 Either to conduct analysis or read and interpret analysis, that others have conducted. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 75% (MEDIUM) 00:09:42.900 --> 00:09:45.250 In sum. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 91% (HØY) 00:09:45.250 --> 00:09:53.100 Follow the prescribed progression on canvas. Go through everything. Don't skip material. Do all the 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:54.349 quizzes. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 91% (HØY) 00:09:54.349 --> 00:10:01.900 Keep in mind that next week, depends on the previous week. So you have to repeat each week's 00:10:01.900 --> 00:10:05.550 material until you are confident that you have it. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 89% (HØY) 00:10:05.550 --> 00:10:12.300 Work through all the problem sets and quizzes until you are confident. You understand this material. 00:10:12.300 --> 00:10:19.600 If you're not bring up issues to discuss in their interactive session or and in the canvas 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:26.700 discussion area, be systematic in your study and be persistent come well, prepared to the 00:10:26.700 --> 00:10:33.500 interactive sessions, bring your questions and problems there and also post your questions and 00:10:33.500 --> 00:10:36.100 follow-up on canvas and in the NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 69% (MEDIUM) 00:10:36.100 --> 00:10:38.050 discussion area NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 88% (HØY) 00:10:38.050 --> 00:10:47.600 The most important thing about this welcoming message. What I want to tell you is that, yes, you can 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:55.200 do this. I know some of you may be somewhat apprehensive, the would be topic of Statistics, but I 00:10:55.200 --> 00:11:02.200 assure you that there is no background necessary, but you don't have. And in particular, there is no 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:06.450 requirement for quantitative background beyond Middle School. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 80% (HØY) 00:11:06.450 --> 00:11:14.300 So it is absolutely certain that you can do this is within your level of ability and the lack of 00:11:14.300 --> 00:11:21.600 familiarity that you now have with the topic should not stop you from engaging with it. So please 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:25.650 engage as much as possible and be persistent. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 91% (HØY) 00:11:25.650 --> 00:11:31.100 You will see your understanding grow and you will see your skills grow. And in the end of the 00:11:31.100 --> 00:11:37.200 course, you will be able to conduct and interpret statistical analysis. You will be able to do that, 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:43.600 like others have before you, you are in an education department. So, you probably know you should 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:51.000 already know that, the harder you work, the greater, the effect will be, and you will not see that 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:55.849 immediately. It may be frustrating at times, but you will recognize this NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 83% (HØY) 00:11:55.849 --> 00:12:04.600 at the end of the semester. So give it your best and you will see the result. And again, welcome to 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:06.500 statistics.