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280497 VU Consolidation module: Statistical Methods for Astronomy (PI) (2014W)

Continuous assessment of course work

In this seminar, we will discuss seminal papers on the early stages of star formation as observed in nearby Galactic clouds. The presentations and the discussion will be in English.
We will meet on October 1 at noon in SE1 to discuss the logistics. If you have questions beforehand, please stop by (office 116) or send us an email at jan.forbrich,alvaro.hacar@univie.ac.at

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

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max. 30 participants
Language: German, English

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Aims, contents and method of the course

The lecture course gives an introductory overview of statistical methods that are
important for astronomical research: - basics of probability theory - frequentist vs.
Bayesian statistics - parameter estimation, robust methods - linear and non-linear
regression, model fitting and model selection - density estimation - clustering and classification - time series analysis Practical examples will be done in R (software
environment for statistical computing; no prior knowledge required).

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