Statistical methods for the Biosciences I, block 2, 2022
This is the homepage of the above PhD course given by the Data Science Laboratory hosted by the
Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Department of Computer Science. This homepage contains different sorts of information and material such as course plans,
slides, exercises and R files. The lecturer is Bo Markussen, with assistence of Ulises Bercovich Szulmajster.
Course information and material
- Credits: 4.5 ECTS.
- Software: R (homepage), RStudio (homepage).
Both programs are free and open source. You may learn more and download the programs from the homepages.
- Book: Martinussen, Skovgaard, Sørensen, "A first guide to statistical computations in R", Biofolia 2012, ISBN 978-87-913-1956-3. The book is available from Academic books (homepage) on Frederiksberg Campus.
You old textbook on introductory statistics (whatever that is) might also be usefull.
- Additional and optional R exercises that may help you to learn or refresh R: R exercises
Course plans
- The lectures are given Wednesdays from 8.15 to 11.45 on Frederiksberg Campus (Thorvaldsensvej 40):
- November 23 + 30 in Room A2-84.-12
- December 7 + 14 + 21 in Room A2-84.-12
- January 4 in Aud A2-70.04
- The exercise classes are held Wednesdays from 13.00 to 15.45 on Frederiksberg Campus (Thorvaldsensvej 40):
- November 23 + 30 in Room A2-84.-12
- December 7 + 14 + 21 in Room A2-84.-12
- January 4 in Room A2-84.01
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Please note that slides and exercise sheets will be updated during the course, and that the topics (and their order) also
might change.
Date
| Topic
| Book pages
| Exercise
| Files
| Slides
| Updated content?
|
November 23, 2022
| Basic principles
| Chapters 1, 3 and 4
| Sheet
| ZIP archive
| Handout
| Yes
|
November 30, 2022
| Counts and proportions
| Chapter 6 (possibly skipping 6.1 and 6.3)
| Sheet
| ZIP archive
| Handout
| Yes
|
December 7, 2022
| Categorical regression
| Chapter 10 (skipping 10.1.2 and 10.1.3)
| Sheet
| ZIP archive
| Handout
| Yes
|
December 14, 2022
| Regression analysis + Analysis of Variance
| Chapter 7
| Sheet
| ZIP archive
| Handout
| Yes
|
December 21, 2022
| Random effects + Repeated measurements
| Chapter 9 (skipping 9.4, 9.6 and 9.7)
| Sheet
| ZIP archive
| Handout
| Yes
|
January 4, 2023
| Non-linear regression + Design of Experiments + Mediation and Confounding
| Chapter 11
| Sheet
| ZIP archive
| Handout
| Yes
|
Contact: bomar@math.ku.dk (Bo Markussen).
Last update December 28, 2022.