ECTS
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Course details
Course code: BIS10015o11Semester: 2011/2012 summer
Name: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
Major: Bioinformatics
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Heliodor Wierzbicki
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: After completing the course students will know the statistical methods used when collecting, analyzing, interpreting or explaning data of biological origin.
Competences: Passing the course permits working in laboratories where the data of biological origin are processed using the methods of statistics (molecular and bioinformatics laboratories, research and clinical institutes, units evaluating the genetic merit of animals).
Prerequisites: Mathematics, computer science
Course content: The overall purpose of the course is to provide students with theoretical background and practical skills concerning statistical methods used when summarizing or describing a collection of data (descriptive statistics), data modelling, and then to draw inferences about the process under investigation (inferential statistics).
Recommended literature: Krysicki W., Bartos J., Dyczka W., Królikowska K., Wasilewski M., Rachunek prawdopodobieństwa i statystyka matematyczna w zadaniach. Statystyka matematyczna 2. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA. Warszawa 1998, 2003. J.Tukey, Explanatory Data Analysis. Reading, MA:Addison-Wesley, 1977. Eric Weissteins’s World of Mathematics, http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
Assessment methods: Completion of practical training (computer lab) Practical exam Minimum 60% of knowledge to pass
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