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Syllabus EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND STATISTICAL ANALYSES - 73954
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Last update 09-02-2014
HU Credits: 4

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Nutritional Sciences - International Prog.

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: English

Campus: Rehovot

Course/Module Coordinator: dr. Dan Ramon

Coordinator Email: dnrmon@gmail.com

Coordinator Office Hours: by appointment

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Dan Ramon,
Dr. hadas Don

Course/Module description:
Students will be taught a scientific approach to basic statistics and specific methods relevant to their field of study. The course will include experimental design, and analyzing and evaluation of statistics used in research.

Course/Module aims:
To establish basic statistics skills for research students.
To present basic concepts of ethics in statistics.
To promote critical thinking in statistics.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
• Apply statistical inference in their research field.
• Use the basic principles of statistics.
Analyze data with statistics tools

Attendance requirements(%):
Optional

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Frontal lectures and practical exercises.

Course/Module Content:
Brief review of statistical concepts
Summary and presentation of numerical variables
One sample t-test
Paired sample t-test
Two-sample t-tests
One way analysis of variance
Pair wise comparisons (Tukey-Kramer HSD, Fisher LSD)
Two way analysis of variance
Repeated measures analysis
A brief review of more complex experimental designs
Correlation coefficients
Simple linear regression
Multiple linear regression
Analysis of covariance
Summary and presentation of categorical variables
Analysis of contingency tables

Required Reading:
-

Additional Reading Material:
Sokal RR & Rohlf FJ. Biometry: The Principles and Practices of Statistics in Biological Research, 3rd Edition, 1994.

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 70 %
Assignments 30 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
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Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
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