INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CIIMAR

Course program

16 hours; 11 – 15 January 2021

Session 1. 10:00 – 14:00 h (break from 11:45 to 12:15h)
1.1 Descriptive statistics
1.2 Distributions
1.3 Graphics
1.4 Exercises
Session 2. 10:00 – 14:00 h (break from 11:45 to 12:15h)
2.1 Contrast of hypothesis: parametric and non-parametric methods
2.2 Goodness of fit contrasts
2.3 Homogeneity contrasts
2.4 Exercises
Session 3. 10:00 – 14:00 h (break from 11:45 to 12:15h)
3.1 Analysis of variance: foundations
3.2 Analysis of variance: worked example
3.3 Analysis of variance: repeated-measures and nested designs
3.4 Exercises
Session 4. 10:00 – 14:00 h (break from 11:45 to 12:15h)
4.1 Linear regression
4.2 Non-linear regression
4.3 Non-parametric regression
4.4 Exercises

Docent: Aldo Barreiro Felpeto. CIIMAR.

Price: 100 € (CIIMAR/UP members) 120 € others.

Registration: after announcement, up to fill 20 available positions.
Registration, together with the payment information, is available in the CIIMAR website, through
the link.
Proof of payment required to book the place (send proof to abarreiro@ciimar.up.pt).
Right after affective registration, a confirmatory e-mail will be sent.
Minimum audience required: 5 registrations 2 weeks before the course.

Important additional information:
- The course will be 100% through the zoom platform provided by CIIMAR
- The course will be taught in English.
- Students will need to use their own laptops for the course.
- The software for teaching will be R, but it is not necessary any background with R. The aim of the
course is not learning R language. The material (examples, exercises) is designed in a way that the
software employed is not an obstacle.
- All the information and materials necessary for the development of the course will be made
available for all the participants in the course through a link to the Open Science Framework
website platform.

Contact: abarreiro@ciimar.up.pt