A 1 day practical PC-based workshop, firstly familiarising participants with SPSS, and progressing from data entry and presentation, to 1 and 2 sample tests, one-way ANOVA and simple linear regression.

We also offer an on-line course based on the Introduction to Statistics Using SPSS and Data Management & Statistical Analysis Using SPSS courses: On-Line Course For Introductory Statistics Using SPSS.

Course Tutor: Joseph Eliahoo

This course has been approved by the Royal College of Physicians for 6 CPD credits.

Early Bird rate is available for up to 2 weeks before the session runs.

For group/block bookings, charity pricing and course queries, please contact stathelp@imperial.ac.uk.

Course Content

Data Entry and Manipulation

  • Enter categorical and continuous data
  • Define and label variables
  • Add variables and cases
  • Transform, recode and compute variables
  • Select appropriate simple plots and descriptive statistics
  • Cross tabulation and the chi-square test.

Basic Statistical Analysis

  • Introduction to statistical testing and estimation.
  • Exploratory data analysis and checking the assumptions: box-plots, histograms, PP plots.
  • One sample tests: t-test, sign and signed rank tests.
  • 2-sample tests: t-test, Mann-Whitney test.
  • Introduction to one-way ANOVA.
  • Correlation and simple linear regression.

Fees and dates for 2025-2026

Course Fees

  • Imperial College Students : £200 (Early-bird rate : £180)
  • External students : £260 (Early-bird rate : £234)
  • Imperial College Staff : £340 (Early-bird rate : £306)
  • External : £460 (Early-bird rate : £414)

* Please refer to Cancellation Policy before registering

Dates

  • Tuesday 13 January 2026
  • Wednesday 01 July 2026

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Time and Location

The courses will be run online via Microsoft Teams from 9:30am to 4:30pm on the dates mentioned.

Exact details will be sent a week before the course date.