Universität Wien

180148 VO+UE Tools in Cognitive Science II: Basic Statistics for Cognitive Scientists (2016S)

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

1.Termin (Vorbesprechung): DI 1. März 2016, 9:00 - 11:00
HS 2G d. Inst. f. Philosophie, NIG, 2. Stock

Weitere Termine werden bei der Vorbesprechung bekannt gegeben!

Lehrveranstaltung jeweils Donnerstag, 10:30 - 13:30 Uhr, HS 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1090 Wien

1. Termin: 10. März

Seminar room of the Dept. of Theoretical Biology

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

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Exams:

30.6.2016, 10:30 Uhr, COSB Seminarraum
7.7.2016, 10:30 Uhr, Seminarraum des Dept. für Theoretische Biologie
6.10.2016, 10:30 Uhr, Seminarraum des Dept. für Theoretische Biologie


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Aims, contents and method of the course

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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Exam, practical work, homework exercises

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