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300322 VU Biological Data: introduction to statistics ans SPSS (2014W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Equivalent to 300020 UE Applied Statistics for Anthropologists
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 08.09.2014 08:00 to We 24.09.2014 18:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2014 18:00
Details
max. 28 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes
Preparatory meeting: Monday 6 Oct 2014 15:30 s.t., Large Seminar Room Anthropology
Thereafter weekly: on Mondays 15:30-19:00 (Large Seminar Room Anthropology bzw. Computer Room Anthropology), and on Wednesdays 15:00-17:00 (Large Seminar Room Anthropology)
Attendance compulsory at all times!
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The following criteria have to be met in order to pass this course:
Regular attendance + oral (discussions, answering questions in class) + most written homework (within 7 days of the last seminar) with a positive grade
Regular attendance + oral (discussions, answering questions in class) + most written homework (within 7 days of the last seminar) with a positive grade
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Commonly used statistical techniques with regard to the bachelor- (or master-)thesis shall be understood theoretically and practically, as well as being applied autonomously at the end of the course.
Examination topics
Each topic is introduced by the lecturers. Demonstrations on the blackboard and in the specific software will support the talk. Examples will be discussed with the students and where possible also practiced in hands-on training during the practicum. Additional literature will be provided via handouts and the elearning-platform. To study each topic in more detail, there will be small written homework to be completed within the following week. Results and questions will then be discussed in class.
Reading list
Further reading material will be available as handouts and on the learning-platform Moodle.
Association in the course directory
B-BAN 5
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:43
Among others, the following topics will be included.
-- Use and abuse of statistics
-- Handling of the data: designing a data file, quality assurance
-- Descriptive statistics
-- When to use which significance test?
-- Prerequisites, application and interpretation of commonly used significance tests
-- Tables and figures (what, how, when, where)
-- Verbal description of the computed results