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Certificates: Goethe-Test PRO" certificate
Certificate "Statistics and data analysis" -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
Goethe-Test PRO -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 12 Weeks
Job-related German language support for the commercial and technical sector
Job-related language skills in the work context (approx. 1 day)
Repetition of important grammatical structures for professional communication
Application of complex linguistic structures in a professional context
Reading and understanding work-related texts, global and selective reading comprehension
Understanding work instructions, conversations and meetings
Correspondence in a professional environment (approx. 2 days)
Layout and design of professional letters
Contemporary salutations and letter introductions
Writing customer-oriented letters and emails
AI-supported formulation aids for emails and letters
Reporting in the company
Creating cover letters in accordance with DIN 5008
Artificial intelligence (AI) in professional communication (approx. 1 day)
Overview of AI tools in the professional working environment
Support for professional correspondence through AI
Creation and optimization of professional texts with AI
Opportunities and limitations of AI in everyday working life
Professional field of communication management (approx. 3 days)
Communication in the company
Forms of communication in teams
Meetings and presentations
Conflict management
Conducting appraisal interviews
Conducting job interviews
Sales and consultation meetings
Writing offers
Trade fairs and product presentations
Processing complaints
Business career field (approx. 6 days)
Fundamentals of human resources, management and labor law
Fundamentals of finance and controlling
Structure and content of payroll accounting
Understanding and describing evaluations, diagrams and statistics
Professional field of marketing (approx. 6 days)
Basics of advertising
Market analysis and market research
Online marketing and e-commerce
Marketing communication
Use of AI in the creation of marketing texts
Business processes (approx. 7 days)
Restructuring and process management
Process changes in the company
Digital transformation
Energy management and environmental protection in the company
Project management
Occupational field logistics and trade (approx. 8 days)
Production and
Purchasing and procurement
Delivery and transportation
Retail trade
Project work, certification preparation and certification exam "Goethe-Test PRO" (approx. 6 days)
Statistics and data analysis
Statistical basics (approx. 6 days)
Measurement theory basics (population, sample, sample types, measurement, scale levels)
Univariate descriptive statistics (frequency distributions, central measures, measures of dispersion, standardization, histograms, bar charts, pie charts, line charts, box plots)
Bivariate descriptive statistics (measures of correlation, correlation coefficients, crosstabs, scatter plots, grouped bar charts)
Basics of inductive inferential statistics (probability distributions, normal distribution, sampling distribution of the mean, significance test, null hypothesis test, significance level, effect size, parameter estimation, confidence intervals, error bar charts, power analysis, sample size)
Data preparation and data cleansing with suitable software
Descriptive analysis
Visualization of statistical results
AI-supported analysis and interpretation of statistical results
Methods for comparing two groups (approx. 5 days)
z-test, t-test for one sample
t-test for independent and related samples
Pretest-posttest designs with two groups
Supporting significance tests (Anderson-Darling test, Ryan-Joiner test, Levene test, Bonett test, significance test for correlations)
Nonparametric methods (Wilcoxon test, sign test, Mann-Whitney test)
Contingency analyses (binomial test, Fisher's exact test, chi-square test, cross-tabulations, measures of association)
Interpretation of test results
AI-supported interpretation of results
Basics of regression analysis (approx. 2 days)
Linear regression
Model interpretation
AI-supported model interpretation
Correlation analysis
Methods for comparing the means of several groups (approx. 3 days)
One-factorial and two-factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA)
Post-hoc analyses
Interpretation of group differences
Multi-factorial analysis of variance (general linear model)
Fixed, random, crossed and nested factors
Multiple comparison methods (Tukey-HSD, Dunnett, Games-Howell)
Interaction analysis
Power analysis for variance analyses
Introduction to Design of Experiments (DoE) (approx. 1 day)
Full factorial and partial factorial experimental designs
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
The course provides you with the necessary know-how for employment as a commercial and technical specialist, including job-related German language training, in order to achieve successful integration into the German labor market.
You will also understand the basics of statistics, be able to process and evaluate data and present, explain and interpret statistical data analyses and results using graphics.
Users and specialists from social and market research, business administration (marketing, business intelligence), technical areas, production, quality assurance and research in the healthcare sector.
The course is also aimed at specialists from the commercial and technical fields, taking into account an integrative component.
Qualified staff with a sound knowledge of statistics are in great demand in industrial research and development, in drug development, in the supervision of medical studies, in finance and insurance, in information technology or in public administration.
The course also provides you with work-related German language support to enable you to write business correspondence in accordance with current regulations and to communicate confidently both internally and externally. The informative Goethe-Test PRO will give you a detailed insight into the language skills you have acquired, making it easier for you to enter and advance in your career.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).