Statistics for Biologists

This training program is designed to assist doctoral candidates in the life sciences in their use of statistical methods for their research

Presenter: Dr. Thomas D'Souza

Language: English

This course aims to provide a guideline to answer two general questions:
1) Which statistical methods can be applied to my scientific question?
2) What do the results of statistical analyses tell me about a specific dataset (and what not)?
The following aspects will by covered:

• Tests of statistical significance: which test to use for which question and/or dataset?
• What does a p-value really tell me?
• What are statistical errors?
• What is the difference between standard deviation and standard error?
• When to use mean or median?
• How to design experiments form a statistical point of view (e.g.how many samples and/or experiments do I need to get a significant result)?
• How to illustrate data and statistical results?
• What are criteria for outliers?
• How to deal with “irregular” data sets?

Participants are encouraged to name their own specific statistical problems. There will be time to talk about general solutions for these problems if this is of interest to the majority of participants. The workshop will concentrate on how to apply statistics correctly. It will not introduce specific statistical software. However, advice will be given on which software is adequate for your analyses back in your labs.

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