LPhD101 Statistics for Veterinarians

Detaljer
Ansvarligt institutInstitut for Grundvidenskab og Miljø

KursusdatoerEight Wednesdays in April-May each year (in 2011 from April 6 to June 1) plus 3 weeks project period.
 
Kursus resuméThe student is introduced to a number of statistical techniques applied to biological examples. The statistical package SAS is used for analysis of examples, and participants should have access to SAS for their homework. Each participant brings a data set to be analysed; suitable data sets should be of moderate size and moderately complicated from a statistical point of view. The data set and its analysis is the subject of the project report written by each participant.
 
Kursus hjemmesidehttp://www.matfys.kvl.dk/stat/phdcourses/statvet/
 
KursustilmeldingBy email to course responsible Bo Markussen (bomar@life.ku.dk)
 
Deadline for tilmeldingMarch 16, 2011
 
Pointværdi9 (ECTS)
 
KursustypePh.d.-kursus
 
UndervisningssprogEngelsk
 
Begrænset deltagerantal25
 
Kursusindhold
Basic concepts in frequentist statistics, statistical modelling. Tables of counts, logistic regression. Analysis of variance, linear models, regression. Random effects and repeated measurements. Basic elements of experimental design. SAS and possibly SAS JMP.
 
Undervisningsform
Lectures, seminars, theoretical and practical exercises including use of own laptops. Besides this, reading of course material during the course period is to be expected.
 
Målbeskrivelse
Knowledge:

- recognize certain data types, identify and specify appropriate statistical models, and argue for the appropriateness

- explain the prerequisities, prospects and limitations of the methods

Skills:

- formulate relevant problems and choose an appropriate statistical model addressing these problems

- carry out the actual analysis (computations). This includes model fitting, model validation and hypothesis testing.

- extract relevant estimates, draw conclusions and communicate the results from the analysis

- use a statistical software system SAS to carry out the analyses

Competences:

- independently formulate biological questions - motivated by data of similar types as those presented in the course - and answer them by the use of statistical methods.
 
Litteraturhenvisninger
Recommended, but not used literature:

Douglas G. Altman: 'Practical Statistics for Medical Research', Chapman & Hall.

Der & Everitt: 'A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using SAS', CRC Press.
 
Kursusmateriale
Lecture Notes in Applied Statistics (downloadable from the course home page).
 
Kursusansvarlig
Bo Markussen, bomar@life.ku.dk, Institut for Grundvidenskab og Miljø/Statistics, Tlf: 353-32339
 
Deltagerbetaling
Free of Charge for Ph.D. students under the Open Market for Postgraduate Courses in Denmark and from NOVA-Partners. Others: 9000 Dkr.
 
Evalueringsform
A written project report and oral presentation for all course participants of the project.
 
Kursusbeskrivelsesomfang
forelæsninger32
teoretiske øvelser32
projektarbejde85
forberedelse60

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