Statistics primer

2015/16 Bioinfo NST Part II BBS Minor Subject

When	Where	Type
19/01/2016 17:00 - 18:00	Pharmacology Lecture Theater, Tennis Court Road	Lecture
21/01/2016 16:00 - 17:00	Pharmacology Lecture Theater, Tennis Court Road	Lecture
25/01/2016 15:00 - 17:00	Bioinformatics Training Room, Craik-Marshall building	Practical

Laurent Gatto

Lecture/practical content

Introducing basic concepts in statistics: experimental design, randomisation, technical and biological variation, power analysis, hypothesis testing, confidence interval, what is a p-value, false discovery rate, multiple testing adjustment, Bayesian statistics, dangers of uninformed statistical practice.

Tools, databases and resources covered (if applicable)

Illustration/demonstration of some of the concepts seen in the lecture using the R statistical environment.

Learning objectives

Familiarise students with basic statistical concepts and initiate them to statistical thinking. They should be able to critically assess an experimental design and the reporting of a simple statistical analysis.

Course material

1. Experimental designs (slides, handouts)

2. Significance testing (slides, handouts)

3. Practical (html, pdf) and data (download data.zip and unzip it; it contains a data directory with the cvs and rda files.)