PREPARATORY COURSES 2019-2020
- Crash course in Python
- Crash course in Probability and Statistics
Registration to the preparatory courses is now open!! Please fill-in the online form available here:
Brief course description:
This is a hands-on course. Each student is supposed to bring his/her laptop in class. An electric plug with type C or type F standard is available on each seat. Wi-fi connection should be provided but a bringing a rescue device like a personal hotspot from a personal cellular phone is warmly encouraged.
Schedule:
- 16 September 2019 from 09:00 to 17:00 - Aula 14 B Building CU007
- 17 September 2019 from 09:00 to 17:00 - Aula 13 Building CU007
- 19 September 2019 from 14:00 to 18:00 - Aula 13 Building CU007
- 20 September 2019 from 09:00 to 13:00 - Aula 14 B Building CU007
Brief course description:
The course covers some essential notions of descriptive statistics, probability and inferential statistics needed to have a less steep learning curve in approaching statistical courses at Master level. Main topics include: basics of descriptive statistics, types of data, frequency tables, graphs, measures of position, measures of variability, measures of association, linear regression, basics of probability, random variables, main discrete distributions, main continuous distributions, moments, standardization, basics of inferential statistics, point estimation, interval estimation, hypothesis testing. The course combines the theory with a more practical approach, with examples and the analysis of data from the real world.
Suggested Textbook:
Agresti, Franklin and Klingenberg (2017), Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning From Data, Pearson.
Schedule:
- 11 September 2019 from 15:00 to 18:00 Aula 15 CU035
- 12 September 2019 from 15:00 to 18:00 Aula 15 CU035
- 13 September 2019 from 15:00 to 18:00 Aula 15 CU035
- 18 September 2019 from 15:00 to 18:00 Aula 15 CU035
- 20 September 2019 from 15:00 to 18:00 Aula 15 CU035