NSCPHD1261 Statistical methods for the Biosciences II - SmB II (generic course) - LPhD015
The principal course content is the project work where the students under supervision analyze their own datasets; suitable datasets should be of moderate size and moderately complicated from a statistical point of view. In addition up to two course days are used to introduce statistical methods which are needed for the projects but not taught on SmB I. Examples of such methods are: analysis of longitudinal data and of repeated measurements, discriminant analysis as a supplement to logistic regression, multivariate methods like PCA, survival analysis. In order to identify the topics to be taught on SmB II the participants must hand in a project synopsis no later than 2 weeks prior to the first course day. Details on this are given on the course home page.
After course completion the students are expected to be able to:
Knowledge:
- Describe the elements of frequentist statistics including
estimation, confidence intervals, hypotesis tests, model
validation.
- Describe the statistical models most commonly used in their own
field of research.
Skills:
- Use a statistical software package like R or SAS to perform
statistical analysis of their own datasets.
Compentences:
- Formulate scientific questions from their PhD project in terms of
statistical hypothesis.
- Interpret the results of a statistical analysis in relation to
their PhD project.
'A First Guide to Statistical Computations in R', by
Torben Martinussen, Ib Michael Skovgaard, and Helle Sørensen,
Biofolia 2012.
R and RStudio is free and open source, and may be downloaded from
the internet.
http://www.math.ku.dk/~pdq668/SmB/SmB_II.html
- Category
- Hours
- Course Preparation
- 7
- Exam
- 5
- Lectures
- 4
- Project work
- 60
- Theory exercises
- 4
- Total
- 80
Please register at:
http://www.statlab.math.ku.dk/english/documents/smb2-2015
- Credit
- 3 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentOral examinationAn evaluation in form of passed/failed is based on the written report and the oral presentation.
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
- One internal examiner
- Re-exam
- If the student didn't pass based on the written report and the oral defense, then the student has the possibility of resubmitting the report based on the feedback from the examination. The resubmitted report then has to be sufficiently elaborate by itself in order to pass the reevaluation.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NSCPHD1261
- Credit
- 3 ECTS
- Level
- Ph.D.
- Duration
- 3 weeks with supervised project writing at the end of block 4, spring 2015.
- Placement
- Block 4
- Schedule
- C (Mon 13-17 + Wednes 8-17)
- Course capacity
- 20
- Price
Free for PhD students from UCPH SCIENCE. For other participants there is a fee of 3600 DKK. The fee is transfered automatically from other faculties at UCPH, and billed to participants outside of UCPH.
- Study board
- Natural Sciences PhD Committee
Contracting department
- Department of Mathematical Sciences
Course responsibles
- Bo Markussen (5-6572706475437064776b316e7831676e)
Lecturers
Bo Markussen