BIO2270 Introduction to Statistics, 3 ECTS

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Opinto-oppaat 2015–2016

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BIO2270 Introduction to Statistics 3 op

Organised by

Master's Degree Programme in Bioinformatics

Person in charge

Matti Nykter

Belongs to following study modules

Keywords

Strategic themes: Internationalisation

Learning outcomes

Students know the basics of statistics. This includes definitions, general principles of conducting a statistical study, and methods of descriptive and analytical statistics. Students will be able to perform a simple statistical analysis, given a study description and observations.

This course covers basic concepts in statistics, commonly used numerical and graphical methods of descriptive statistics, principles of statistical inference, statistical models, likelihood, point and interval estimators, and statistical tests. The R language is used throughout the course.

Teaching language

English

Modes of study

Option 1

Available for:

Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students

Participation in course work

In English

Lectures (28 h), weekly exercises, project work.

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Pass/fail.
Numeric 0-5 available at request.

Further information

In the academic year 2014-2015 the course BIO2310 Mathematics and Statistics for Bioinformatics 6 ECTS will replace the courses BIO2290 Mathematics for Bioinformatics 3 ECTS and BIO2270 Introduction to Statistics 3 ECTS.