Course content:
Day 1
1) Introduction / refresh of memories
- Mean/Variance, Covariance, Correlation
- Probabilities & Distributions
- The Bayesian approach (the general idea + some application)
- Hypothesis testing (t-test, ANOVA)
2) First graphical look at your data / Data exploration (R)
Day 2
3) Hypothesis testing (extensive!)
4) Linear Models, Multiple linear regression, GLMs
Day 3
5) Multivariate Statistics
- Importance for ecological data
- Justification on when to use Multiv. Statistics
6) Spare time for a course summary/recap, (more) application & open questions
Target group: Master students, PhD candidates and Postdocs
Pre-requisites: interest in the topic
Our courses are generally free of charge for all participants. However, they do have a price and can cost SEA / the AWI as much as 150 € per day per student. Please take this into account when cancelling your place at the last minute. Please, always send cancellations to sea.courses@awi.de
