Universität Wien

180140 VO+UE Tools in Cognitive Science II: Basic Statistics for Cognitive Scientists (2015S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Continuous assessment of course work

Vorbesprechung: Mo., 2. März 2015, 9:00

HS 2i d. Inst. f. Philosophie, NIG, 2. Stock

Lehrveranstaltung jeweils Donnerstag, 12:00 - 15:00 Uhr, HS 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1090 Wien

1. Termin: 13. März

1. Prüfung/Exam: July 2, 2015, 13:00, HS1
2. Prüfung/Exam: July 27, 2015, 13:00, HS1
3. Prüfung/Exam: October 2, 2015, 13:00, Seminar room of the Dept. of Theoretical Biology
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max. 25 participants
Language: English

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This course introduces the most important basic concepts in statistics and their application to biological and behavioral research. It covers topics in univariate statistics (univariate descriptive statistics and graphical display of data, correlation, regression, hypothesis tests, ANOVA) and multivariate statistics (PCA, factor analysis, discriminant analysis & classification, MANOVA, CCA, PLS). The course focuses on a geometric understanding of the methods and on a critical discussion of their application for scientific research.

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