CENTURI Training course
Statistics for Biology - February 24-28, 2025
Taugh by Pierre Mangeol
The course introduces or refreshes doctoral students who want to use the tools of Statistics. It will cover the most usual situations encountered when analyzing biological data with the goal for participants to be able to analyze their data autonomously after completing the course. The course will be divided into lectures and practicals that will take place over 4 days in February 2025 in Luminy.
Content:
- How to represent my data?
- What are replicates? How to estimate variability and uncertainty?
- Statistical tests:General principles, simple comparisons for quantitative and qualitative data.Should I always use a statistical test?How to avoid pseudo-replication and p-hacking?
- How to compare multiple groups?
- How many measurements are enough?
- Causality and tests for correlation
Public:
Anyone can register for this course. Basic knowledge of programming will help, but it is not mandatory.
When?
Lectures in Hexagon auditorium
Monday 24/02/2025: 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Tuesday 25/02/2025: 9:30 a.m. - 12 ap.m.
Wednesday 26/02/2025: 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Friday 28/02/2025: 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
No course on Thursday
Practical courses in Hexalab (limited places to 30 people):
Monday 24/02/2025: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesday 25/02/2025: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Wednesday 26/02/2025: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday 28/02/2025: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Application form in the link below.
For any additional information, please contact Pierre Mangeol (pierre.mangeol@univ-amu.fr) or Mélina De Oliveira (melina.de-oliveira@univ-amu.fr).