The objective of this course is to show students how statistics is used in practice to answer a specific question, by introducing a series of important model-based approaches.
The students will learn to select and use appropriate statistical methodologies and acquire solid and practical skills by working-out examples on real-world data sets from various areas including medicine, genomics, ecology, and others.
All analyses will be conducted with the R software. No strong knwoledge neither of R programming is required (only basic scripting).
Course Evaluation: Assessment consists of a group project, an individual closed-book written test on the project, and a final exam.
Course Language: English
