| Department of Natural Sciences | |||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | |||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1 semester | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 8 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | BSc | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | written examination Aid allowed Description of Examination: pass/fail, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Fall (25/10-04 - 26/11-04) | ||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | outside schedule | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English may be conducted in Danish/Swedish | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| The course aims at giving the student understanding of the basic statistical methods used in biology. It is also intended to give some practical examples relevant in horticulture and some practice in the handling of data using a statistical computer program. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic concepts in probability and statistics Descriptive statistics Point estimation Hypothesis testing and interval estimation for one sample and two samples Non-parametric methods Analysis of variance, regression and correlation A computer program for the statistical analysis Mathematics part: Refreshing and consolidating high school calcus including simple differential equations, exponential functions, vector calculations etc. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| Lectures, classroom (problem-solving exercises), computer sessions and project work. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||
| Statistics: To be completed Mathematics: Photocopied pages with exercises (and solutions) will be handed out | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Vils Pedersen, vils@life.ku.dk, Department of Basic Sciences and Environment/Mathematics & Computer Science, Phone: 35332351 Mats Erik Rudemo, mru@life.ku.dk, Department of Natural Sciences/Statistik, Phone: 35332336 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Study Committee DSH | |||||||||||||||||
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