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== Overview of the lecture structure ==
 
== Overview of the lecture structure ==
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This course provides an introduction to statistics on a bachelor level.
  
 
=== Day 1 - [[Why_statistics_matters|Why statistics matters]] ===
 
=== Day 1 - [[Why_statistics_matters|Why statistics matters]] ===
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[[Data_formats#Continuous_data data|Continuous data]]
 
[[Data_formats#Continuous_data data|Continuous data]]
 
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[[Data_formats#Ordinal_data|Data constructs and indices]]
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[[Data_formats#Ordinal_data|Ordinal data]]
 
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[[Data_formats#Descriptive_statistics|Descriptive statistics]]
 
[[Data_formats#Descriptive_statistics|Descriptive statistics]]
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[[Data_distribution#The_normal_distribution|Normal distribution]]
 
[[Data_distribution#The_normal_distribution|Normal distribution]]
 
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[[Data_distribution#Non-normal distributions|Other distributions]]
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[[Data_distribution#Non-normal distributions|Non-normal distributions]]
 
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[[Data_distribution#A matter of probability|Probability]]
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[[Data_distribution#A matter of probability|A matter of Probability]]
  
 
=== Day 4 - [[Hypothesis_building|Hypothesis building and simple tests]] ===
 
=== Day 4 - [[Hypothesis_building|Hypothesis building and simple tests]] ===
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[[Hypothesis_building|Hypothesis testing]]
 
[[Hypothesis_building|Hypothesis testing]]
 
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[[Hypothesis_building#Validity |Confidence, uncertainty and reliability]]
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[[Hypothesis_building#Validity |Validity]]
 
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[[Hypothesis_building#Simple tests |Simple tests - a primer]]
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[[Hypothesis_building#Simple tests |Simple tests]]
  
=== Day 5 - [[Correlations_and_regressions|Correlations]] ===
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=== Day 5 - [[Correlations|Correlations]] ===
 
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[[Correlations and regressions|Correlations on a shoestring]]
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[[Correlations|Correlations on a shoestring]]
 
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[[Correlations_and_regressions#Reading_correlation_plots|Reading correlation plots]]
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[[Correlations#Reading_correlation_plots|Reading correlation plots]]
 
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[[Correlations_and_regressions#Correlative_relations|Correlative relations]]
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[[Correlations#Correlative_relations|Correlative relations]]
  
 
=== Day 6 - Regression ===
 
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[[Causality|Causality]]
 
[[Causality|Causality]]
 
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[[Assumptions, diagnostics]]  and [[Causality#Residuals|residuals]]
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[[Causality#Residuals|Residuals]]
 
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[[Causality#Significance_in_regressions|Significance in regressions]]
 
[[Causality#Significance_in_regressions|Significance in regressions]]
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[[Causality#Is_the_world_linear.3F|Is the world linear?]]
 
[[Causality#Is_the_world_linear.3F|Is the world linear?]]
 
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[[Prediction|Interpolation and extrapolation]]
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[[Causality#Prediction|Prediction]]
 
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=== Day 7 - Design 1 - Simple Anova OR the lab experiment ===
 
=== Day 7 - Design 1 - Simple Anova OR the lab experiment ===
 
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[[Experiments#The_laboratory_experiment|The laboratory experiment]]
 
[[Experiments#The_laboratory_experiment|The laboratory experiment]]
 
[[How do I compare more than two groups?|Designing experiments for testing a hypothesis]]
 
 
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[[Designing_studies|How to design a study]]
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[[Experiments#How_do_I_compare_more_than_two_groups_.3F|How do I compare more than two groups?]]
 
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Explained and unexplained variance
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[[Designing_studies|Designing studies]]
  
=== Day 8 - Design 2 - Field experiments ===
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=== Day 8 - Design 2 - [[Field experiments|Field experiments]] ===
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[[Interactions|Interaction effects]]
 
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[[Replicates|Replicates]]
 
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Random factors
 
  
=== Day 9 - Case studies and natural experiments ===
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=== Day 9 - [[Case studies and Natural experiments|Case studies and natural experiments]] ===
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[[Data size and complexity|Number of samples vs. number of variables]]
 
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Transferability of single cases
 
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Meta-Analysis
 
 
 
[[The map is not the territory|The map is not the territory]]
 
  
 
=== Day 10 - Bias ===
 
=== Day 10 - Bias ===
 
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[[Bias|Bias associated to sampling]]
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Bias within analysis
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=== Day 11 - [[Statistics and mixed methods|Statistics and mixed methods]] ===
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Bias related to interpretation of data and analysis
 
  
=== Day 11 - Limits of statistics ===
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=== Day 12 - [[A word on ethics|A word on ethics]] ===
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Mixed methods
 
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Statistics and disciplines
 
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A qualitative methods view on statistics
 
  
=== Day 12 - A word on ethics ===
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=== Day 13 - [https://sustainabilitymethods.org/index.php/The_big_recap The Big recap] ===
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Confusion through statistics
 
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Statistics serving immoral goals
 
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How statistics can fuel ignorance
 
  
=== Day 13 - The Big recap ===
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What did we learn?
 
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Why does it matter?
 
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How to go on?
 

Latest revision as of 13:21, 11 January 2021

Overview of the lecture structure

This course provides an introduction to statistics on a bachelor level.

Day 1 - Why statistics matters


The Power of Statistics
Statistics as a part of science
A very short history of statistics
Key concepts of statistics

Day 2 - Data formats and descriptive stats


Continuous data
Ordinal data
Descriptive statistics

Day 3 - Data distribution and Probability


Normal distribution
Non-normal distributions
A matter of Probability

Day 4 - Hypothesis building and simple tests


Hypothesis testing
Validity
Simple tests

Day 5 - Correlations


Correlations on a shoestring
Reading correlation plots
Correlative relations

Day 6 - Regression


Causality
Residuals
Significance in regressions
Is the world linear?
Prediction

Day 7 - Design 1 - Simple Anova OR the lab experiment


The laboratory experiment
How do I compare more than two groups?
Designing studies

Day 8 - Design 2 - Field experiments

Day 9 - Case studies and natural experiments

Day 10 - Bias


Bias in statistics

Day 11 - Statistics and mixed methods

Day 12 - A word on ethics

Day 13 - The Big recap