Course code: INA1

Lecturer: Valerio Mazzoni

Summary: Introduction to the basic concepts of descriptive statistics and probability theory

Description: the following techniques will be studied: contingency tables and goodness-of-fit tests; hypothesis testing about the probability of an event, on a single sample, on two paired samples and on two independent samples; the case of more than two (dependent/independent) samples; tests for the trend detection and correlation; measures of association and related hypothesis testing methods; non parametric inference (Jackknife and Bootstrap).

Skills acquired: use of nonparametric techniques to solve hypotheses testing problems where the conditions for parametric tests are not fulfilled.

Course Schedule 

Period

Hours

Location (place and Room)

18/02 13.30 - 17.30 FEM - Meeting Room - Fitopatologia Building (ex PdP)
20/02 13.30 - 17.30 FEM -  Meeting Room - Fitopatologia Building (ex PdP)
31/03 13.30 - 17.30 ATTENTION: on-line classes - please get in contact with the lecturer
02/04 13.30 - 17.30 ATTENTION: on-line classes - please get in contact with the lecturer 

Registration procedure: in order to register in the course, please write an e-mail request to phd.aes@unitn.it

Evaluation procedure: written exam