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Basic statistics for graduate students in the life sciences
Lecturer:
Dr. Christian Röver, Prof. Dr. Tim Friede
Course typ:
Blockveranstaltung
Description:
Basic knowledge of programming in R is an advantage. Lecture and exercises on four afternoons from 14:00 - 17:15 h.


This course is an introduction to the fundamental statistical concepts used in design and analysis of experiments in the life sciences. The course covers the following topics:

   Data, descriptive measures and graphical tools

* a brief introduction to R
* data management
* mean and median, box plots and histograms

  Probability and probability distributions

* random variables, densities, distribution functions
* normal distribution
* means and averages

  Estimation and testing

* estimates and confidence intervals
* Gauß-test, t-test and Wald test
* sample size calculation

  Correlation and regression

* correlation and pseudo correlation
* linear regression and extensions
* factorial designs and analysis of variance

 The course includes applications using the statistical software package R (www.r-project.org).
Place:
(Raum CIP-Raum, Humboldtallee 32, Gebaeude Medizinische Statistik: Humboldtallee 32/34 (Med. Statistik) )
Semester:
WiSe 2017/18
Times:
Dates on Monday, 23.10.2017 - Thursday, 26.10.2017 14:00 - 17:15
First appointment: Monday, 23.10.2017 14:00 - 17:15, Room: (Raum CIP-Raum, Humboldtallee 32, Gebaeude Medizinische Statistik: Humboldtallee 32/34 (Med. Statistik))
Course number:
340061
Participants:
Target group: GGNB doctoral students.
Learning organisation:
This four-day course will take place on 23-26 Oct 2017, 14:00-17:15h. The course will take place in the Computer Room (CIP) of the Department of Medical Statistics, Humboldtallee 32, ground floor.
Area classification:
Vorlesungsverzeichnis WiSe 2017/2018 > Forschungseinrichtungen > Göttinger Graduiertenschulen > Georg-August University School of Science (GAUSS) > Göttinger Graduiertenschule für Neurowissenschaften und molekulare Biowissenschaften (GGNB) > Methods Courses > Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Statistics
ECTS credit points:
1.0
Further information from Stud.IP about this course
Home institute: Göttinger Graduiertenzentrum für Neurowissenschaften, Biophysik und molekulare Biowissenschaften (GGNB)
Participating institute: Institut für Medizinische Statistik
Participants registered in Stud.IP: 4
Number of postings in Stud.IP forum: 2