21810418 - ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS

Being able to choose the most appropriate statistical model for the analysis of environmental phenomena.

Getting familiar with the statistical environment R for model estimation and goodness of fit evaluation.

Being able to communicate efficiently the model output.
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Programme

Software R-studio and R: installation and main features. Project creation in R studio. First step with R: elementary operations, descriptive statistics, graphs. Statistical inference refresher. Sampling distribution, confidence intervals and tests. Environmental data. Maximum likelihood estimation. Linear models: parameter estimation, model selection and goodness of fit. Generalized linear models: parameter estimation, model selection and goodness of fit. Logistic regression. Poisson regression.

Core Documentation

Carsten Dormann (2020) Environmental Data Analysis: An introduction with Examples in R, Springer

Reference Bibliography

Carsten Dormann (2020) Environmental Data Analysis: An introduction with Examples in R, Springer

Type of delivery of the course

Face-to-face lectures.

Attendance

Attendance is not mandatory but strongly adviced.

Type of evaluation

Written research project and presentation.