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