BIST Introduction to Statistics 2016
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BIST "Introduction to Biostatistics" Course
Course Description
This introductory course to statistics and probability theory is modeled after the traditional university course Statistics 101 and will be given by the CRG staff and PhD students. The material is offered in 5 consecutive modules (please see Course Syllabus below), each containing a morning lecture and an afternoon practicum in a computer class. For practical exercises we will use R programming language and R Studio. However, this course is focused on statistics rather than R; therefore, each practicum is designed with the purpose to demonstrate and reinforce understanding of concepts introduced in the lecture rather than to provide a training in R.
Course Objectives
To introduce the basic concepts of statistics and probability and to demonstrate how they can be applied to real-life biological problems using R. Knowledge of statistics or R is not required for taking this course. However, familiarity with the material in the previous modules is recommend if the modules are not taken in a sequence.
Course Instructors
- Dmitri Pervouchine (lectures), [email.
- German Demidov, [german.demidov@crg.eu email].
- Ande Gohr, email.
- Sarah Bonnin, email.
- Julia Ponomarenko, email.
External Resources
- Nature Web-collection "Statistics for Biologists"
- 100 Statistical Tests.pdf - ResearchGate - just search Google to get a link
- Book "Basics of Statistics" by Jarko Isotalo
- R Tutorials by William B. King
- Tutorials R for basic statistics
- Blog "R-bloggers"
- StatsBlogs
- Blog "Learning R"
- Blog "R you ready?"
- "R-statistics blog"
- Self-paced online courses from UC Berkeley: Descriptive Statistics. Probability. Inference.
- Online book recommended for the UC Berkeley courses
- Self-paced online course "Explore Statistics with R"
- Online course from Stanford "An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R"
- Self-paced online course from Microsoft "Intro to R programming"
- Self-paced online course from Harvard "Statistics and R"
- Self-paced online course from Harvard "Statistical Inference and Modeling for High-throughput Experiments"
- VIB "Basic statistics theory" course slides.
- VIB "Basic statistics in R" course. Tutorial, excercises, cheat sheets.
