Læringsutbytte

After completing the course, the students should have the following qualifications regarding knowledge, skills and general competence:

• knowledge of key statistical concepts
• ability to perform statistical analyses
• ability to interpret and present results

Innhold

The contents of the course will vary to some degree between years. In general, the course should give an overview of the more important types of parametric and non-parametric statistical analyses in an ecological context.

Central themes in the course are:

• Using R
• Different central tendency measures and variation
• Probability and distributions
• Estimation and transformation
• Sample size and statistical power
• Correlation and (multiple) regression models
• Generalized linear models and generalized linear mixed models
  • Model fitting
  • Model diagnostics
  • Model selection
  • Model predictions
  • Visualizing results
• Multivariate statistics
• Time series analysis

Exercises and individual assignments will be an important part of the course

Arbeids- og læringsformer

Lectures on selected topics, computer exercises and active discussions, individual problem assignments.

Vurderingsformer

Grades (pass/fail) will be given on a home project carried out by each student independently, which will count for 100 % of the grade.

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