Universität Wien

300322 VU Biological Data: introduction to statistics ans SPSS (2015W)

9.00 ECTS (6.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Equivalent to 300020 UE Applied Statistics for Anthropologists
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 28 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

This course will have two parts per week.
On Mondays 15:30-17:45 (IT room, Spange 4, Ebene 1, UZA 1) and on Wednesdays 15:00-18:00 (Large seminar room of the Dept. of Anthropology, UZA 1)
Preparatory meeting: Monday, Oct 5, 15:30

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

There will be one special topic for each lecture.
Among others, the following topics will be included.
-- Use and abuse of statistics
-- Handling of the data: designing a data file, quality assurance
-- Descriptive statistics
-- When to use which significance test?
-- Prerequisites, application and interpretation of commonly used significance tests
-- Tables and figures (what, how, when, where)
-- Verbal description of the computed results

Assessment and permitted materials

The following criteria have to be met in order to pass this course:
Regular attendance + oral (discussions, answering questions in class) + most written homework (within 7 days of the last seminar) with a positive grade + final test

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Commonly used statistical techniques with regard to the bachelor- (or master-)thesis shall be understood theoretically and practically, as well as being applied autonomously at the end of the course.

Examination topics

Each topic is introduced by the lecturers. Demonstrations on the blackboard and in the specific software will support the talk. Examples will be discussed with the students and where possible also practiced in hands-on training during the practicum. Additional literature will be provided via handouts and the elearning-platform. To study each topic in more detail, there will be small written homework to be completed within the following week. Results and questions will then be discussed in class.

Reading list

Further reading material will be available as handouts and on the elearning-platform Moodle.

Association in the course directory

BAN 5, B-BAN 5

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