IMPRS-gBGC course 'Applied statistics & data analysis' 2020, Basics
Category: Skill course
Credits: 0.2 per course day
1. Basic statistics
1.1 Organizational issues
Date: September 7 - 9, 2020
Place: lecture hall @ MPI-BGC (depending on COVID-19 regulations)
Planned sessions:
- 09:00 - 10:30
- 10:45 - 12:15
- 13:15 - 14:45
- 15:00 - 16:30
Instructor: Dr. Jens Schuhmacher
1.2 Aims and scope
The course will start with an overview of the "standard statistical toolbox", reviewing basic statistical approaches like correlation, linear regression and analysis of variance. Special emphasis will be put on test of assumptions and statistical model selection. This will naturally lead us to situations were standard assumptions are not fulfilled but the same type of questions is still to be answered.
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The aim of the course is to introduce into basic statistical thinking and to enable you to look at your data statistically. Each block will be accompanied by practicals where example data are analyzed using the software package R.
1.3 Interested?
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of a language of scientific computing: R, Matlab (exercises will be in R)
The course can be a 'stand-alone' or a preparation for the module 'Advanced statistics and data analysis'.
1.4 What you need to prepare
Bring a laptop and make sure that a recent version of R is running on it.
You can download the most recent version here: http://www.r-project.org/.
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Please also make sure that you can access the internet via WLAN (BGC-users, if you have a BGC-account; eduroam or BGC-guests, if you don't have an account)
1.5 Preliminary agenda
| Day | Topic |
|---|---|
| Monday, September 7 | |
Introduction to basic statistical tools
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| Tuesday, September 8 | |
What can be done if standard assumptions are not satisfied?
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| Wednesday, September 9 | |
Introduction into linear mixed models, basic ideas of nonparametric methods of curve estimation |
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