Statistics for naturalists 1100-2BO11
1. HISTOGRAMS AND BASIC DISTRIBUTIONS
2. DISCRIPTIVE STATISTICS AND PARAMETERS OF RANDOM VARIABLE
3. PARAMETRIC ESTIMATION
4. HYPOTHESIS TESTS
5. CORRELATION AND REGRESSION
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
Student knows basic methods of statistical analyses of data
Student understands limitations of these methods
Competence
Student identifies problems of data analyses in terms of statistical mathematics
Student is able to implement basic methods of statistical analyses of data in simple cases
Student knows how to interpret results of such analyses
Assessment criteria
• Participation in lecture courses is mandatory, but absences are not penalized (but there will be no possibliity to write a test)
• Participation in practicals is mandatory. In maximum 2 absences without leave are allowed
• There will be homework given to students. It is not obligatory
• There will be written short tests during lectures.
• Course ends with written and oral examination
Bibliography
Suggested main book:
• J. Koronacki i J. Mielniczuk, Statystyka dla studentów kierunków technicznych i przyrodniczych, Wydawnictwo Naukowo-Techniczne, Warszawa, 2001
Additional books, light version:
• J. Jóźwiak, J. Podgórski, Statystyka od podstaw, PWE Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne, 2012; wersja uproszczona: J. Podgórski, Statystyka dla studiów licencjackich, PWE 2010
•J. Taylor, Wstęp do analizy błędu pomiarowego, Wydawnictwa Naukowe PWN 2012.
Additional books, for the ambitious:
• A. Plucińska i E. Pluciński, Probabilistyka, Wydawnictwo Naukowo-Techniczne, 2000
• R. Nowak, Statystyka dla fizyków, Wydawnictwa Naukowe PWN, 2002 (+ ćwiczenia, 2002)
Problems (and solutions):
• W. Krysicki i inni, Rachunek prawdopodobieństwa i statystyka matematyczna w zadaniach, część I i II, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 1995
Additional reading for fun:
• A. Łomnicki, Wprowadzenie do statystyki dla przyrodników, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 1999
• P. Durka, Wstęp do współczesnej statystyki , Wydawnictwo Adamantan, 2003.
Additional information
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