701-0105-00L Applied Statistics for Environmental Sciences
Semester | Autumn Semester 2016 |
Lecturers | C. Bigler, U. Brändle, M. Kalisch, L. Meier |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | German |
Abstract | Statistical methods from current publications in environmental sciences are presented and applied. Students are enabled to understand the methods, clean datasets, analyse them using the software package R and present the results in a suitable form. They will be able to describe strengths and weaknesses of the methods for given fields of application. |
Objective | Students are able to - use suitable statistical methods for data analysis in their subject area. - characterize data sets using explorative methods - check the suitability of data sets to answer a given question, prepare data sets for import to a statistics program and conduct the analysis. - interpret statistical analyses and process them graphically for use in presentations and publications. - describe the basics of statistical methods used in current publications. - use the software package R for statistical analysis |
Content | Statistische Methoden: Regression (lineare Modelle; generalisierte lineare Modelle; GLMs); Varianzanalyse; gemischte Modelle für gruppierte Daten (mixed-effects models); Fragebogenstatistik; Tests (t Test; Chiquadrat Test; Fisher Test); Power-Analyse Werkzeuge: Explorative Datenanalyse für Hypothesenbildung; Auswahlverfahren für geeignete statistische Verfahren; Datenaufbereitung (Excel -> R; Datenbereinigung); graphische Darstellung von Resultaten; statistische Verfahren in Publikationen erkennen Wir arbeiten mit dem Softwarepaket R. Form: Im Wochenrhythmus finden alternierend Einführungen in eine neue Methode und Übungsstunden zum Thema statt. |
Prerequisites / Notice | Besuch von "Mathematik IV: Statistik" oder vergleichbare Lehrveranstaltung |