3 ECTS credits
75 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4018753DNR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een inleidend master niveau.
Table of contents:
Based on existing knowledge of the bases of probability and statistics, this course aims to detail the use of statistics applied to the treatment of experiment and observation data in life sciences. The course will present an overview of experimental design, exploratory data analysis, and of the most important tools in parametric and non-parametric statistics.
Course material, text books and further reading:
Course notes.
Internet R resources.
Please consult the course descriptions on the TROPIMUNDO website for the most completed and updated course descriptions.
Course objectives: The course aims at analysing data using uni-, bi- and multivariate statistics. The course includes an introduction to the statistical package R, with lectures on its langage, its graphical interface and its statistics.
Learning outcomes : please note the general comment on learning outcomes
Education level: Basic Ecosystem focus: Methods and tools
Students should be able to manage numerical information using the main basic elements of data management as well as to identify the properties of the sample space with the aim to apply more structured methods (multivariate analysis, geostatistical analysis, time series analysis). They should be able to use the statistical software package R for basic data analysis.
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Andere bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Exam: Written
2ndsession : oral or written exam to be decided by the teacher.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Paris (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)