Statistics for biology students

Students acquire a basic understanding of descriptive and inductive statistical methods in the life sciences. The basics of probability theory are also covered. This enables students to assess the applicability of statistical methods and to interpret the results.

Lecture content

• Statistical measures and graphical representations
• Regression and correlation analysis
• Random experiments, random events and probabilities
• Statistical distributions, random variables and their characteristics
• Conditional probabilities and stochastic independence
• The central limit theorem of statistics
• Parameter estimation and confidence intervals
• Basic concepts of test theory: one-sample tests
• Comparison of two or more samples, analysis of variance (ANOVA)
• Independence tests
• Fitting tests, e.g. tests for normal distribution
• Statistical analysis of contingency tables

The statistics course for biology students is offered annually in the winter semester. All further information and materials for the respective course can be found in ILIAS.

Further information on the course (name of the lecturer, lecture times) can be found on the course homepage in the current course catalog.