Basic Statistics
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Basic Statistics
14, 15, 16, 21 and 22 May 2025
Wageningen Campus
This is a refresher course aimed at PhD candidates. The level is that of a second course in Statistics. We will refresh basic knowledge of Probability, Statistical Inference (Estimation with confidence intervals and Testing), t-tests, standard cases of the Linear Model: Regression, ANOVA and ANCOVA. For our analyses we use software written in R. Programs will be provided.
Other topics: Experimental Design, Non-parametric Tests, and Chi-square Tests. Some time is reserved to discuss statistical problems of the participants.
Programme
- Day 1: Getting acquainted with R, descriptive statistics, probability calculus, sampling distributions, confidence interval for population mean, one-sample t-test
- Day 2: 2-independent-samples + paired t-test, one-way ANOVA, non-parametric tests
- Day 3: Experimental design, power, sample size, two-way ANOVA, simple linear regression
- Day 4: Simple linear regression, multiple linear regression
- Day 5: ANCOVA and General Linear Models
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General information
| Target Group | The course is aimed at PhD candidates, postdocs, and other academics that want to gain or refresh knowledge of basis statistics, primarily using R |
| Group Size | Max. 24 participants |
| Course duration | 5 days |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Frequency of recurrence | Annually, more if needed |
| Number of credits | 1.5 ECTS |
| Lecturers | Dr. Evert Jan Bakker (Biometris, Wageningen University) |
| Prior knowledge | No prior knowledge is assumed |
| Location | Wageningen Campus, Forum Building, Room B0106 |
| Accommodation | Accommodation is not included in the fee of the course, but there are several possibilities in Wageningen. For non-WUR PE&RC members 50% of the accommodation costs can be reimbursed with a maximum of €30,- per night, please contact the PE&RC Office (office.pe@wur.nl) for more information. For information on B&B's and hotels in Wageningen please visit Short Stay Wageningen. Furthermore Airbnb offers several rooms in the area. Finally, there are a number of groups on Facebook where students announce subrent possibilities and things like that. Examples include: Wageningen Room Subrent, Wageningen Room Sublets, Room Rent Wageningen, and Wageningen Student Plaza. Note that besides the restaurants in Wageningen, there are also options to have dinner on Wageningen Campus. |
Fees 1
| EARLY-BIRD FEE 2 | REGULAR FEE 2 | |
| PE&RC/WIMEK/EPS/WASS/VLAG/WIAS PhD candidates with approved TSP and WU EngD candidates | € 290,- | € 340,- |
| PE&RC postdocs and staff | € 580,- | € 630,- |
| All other academic participants | € 620,- | € 670,- |
| Non-academic participants | € 1160,- | € 1210,- |
1 The course fee includes a reader, coffee/tea, and lunches. It does not include accommodation (NB: options for accommodation are given above)
2 The Early-Bird Fee applies to anyone who REGISTERS BEFORE 13 March 2025
Note:
PE&RC Cancellation Conditions
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More information
Dr. Evert Jan Bakker
Phone: +31 (0) 317 483887
Email: evert-jan.bakker@wur.nl
Dr. Claudius van de Vijver (PE&RC)
Phone: +31 (0) 317 485116
Email: claudius.vandevijver@wur.nl
Registration
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