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DESCRIPTION: Course name: Biostatistics Essentials: a blackboard approach C
 ourse dates: 2019-05-21 and 2019-05-23 Course location: SciLifeLab\, Uppsa
 la University\, BMC\, Husargatan 3 Please apply here: https://goo.gl/forms
 /6aIQ4BFIrGDJ9cL92 ------------------------------------------------ Nation
 al course open for PhD students\, postdocs\, researchers and other employe
 es in need of biostatistical skills within all Swedish universities. The c
 ourse is geared towards life scientists wanting to be able to understand a
 nd use basic statistical methods. It would also suit those already applyin
 g biostatistical methods but have never got a chance to reflect on and tru
 ly grasp the basic statistical concepts\, such as the commonly misinterpre
 ted p-value! Important date Application opens: now Application closes: 201
 9-03-31 Confirmation to accepted students: 2019-04-16 Responsible teachers
 : Olga Dethlefsen\, Eva Freyhult If you do not receive information accordi
 ng to the above dates please contact olga.dethlefsen@nbis.se\, eva.freyhul
 t@nbis.se Course content ●Basic statistical theory and concepts incl. st
 ochastic variables\, density and distribution functions\, central limit th
 eorem\, confidence intervals ●Hypothesis testing ●Resampling ●Linear
  and logistic regression methods ●Model selection and regularization ●
 Unsupervised learning\, incl. clustering and dimension reduction methods E
 ducation In this course we focus on active learning approach. The course p
 articipants are expected to do some pre-course reading and exercises\, cor
 responding up to 16h studying. The education consists of teaching blocks a
 lternating between mini-lectures\, group discussions\, live coding session
 s etc. A special focus is put on understanding basic concepts by solving p
 roblems with pen and paper. We believe in less-is-more principle\, so be r
 eady to say no to digital exhaustion to truly learn something with our mod
 ern “blackboard approach”. Literature ●An Introduction to Statistica
 l Learning\, Gareth James\, Daniela Witten\, Trevor Hastie and Robert Tibs
 hirani (.pdf freely available) ●Additional teachers’ choice Entry requ
 irements ●No prior knowledge is assumed ●BYOL (bring your own laptop) 
 with R and RStudio installed ●Prior experience using R and RStudio is we
 lcome\; pre-course exercises will be available for those new to R/RStudio 
 Due to limited space the course can accommodate maximum of 25 participants
 . If we receive more applications\, participants will be selected based on
  several criteria. Selection criteria include correct entry requirements\,
  motivation to attend the course as well as gender and geographical balanc
 e. Course fee A course fee* of 1700 SEK will be invoiced to accepted parti
 cipants. The fee includes lunches\, coffee and snacks. *Please note that N
 BIS cannot invoice individuals
SUMMARY:Course: Biostatistics Essentials: a blackboard approach
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