phy703 - Basics of Statistical Data Analysis (Complete module description)

Module label	Basics of Statistical Data Analysis
Module code	phy703
Credit points	6.0 KP
Workload	180 h
Institute directory	Institute of Physics
Applicability of the module	Bachelor's Programme Physics, Engineering and Medicine (Bachelor) > Aufbaumodule
Responsible persons	Meyer, Bernd (module responsibility) Meyer, Bernd (authorised to take exams)
Prerequisites
Skills to be acquired in this module	Upon successful completion of this module, students have basic statistical competence for understanding data understand the main statistical methods and their practical use through application can evaluate statistical methods regarding the qualities and their limits
Module contents	Populations and samples; exploratory data analysis through describing statistics Elementary probabilities and random variables - important discrete and continuous distributions Estimating parameters through the method of maximum likelihood Confidence intervals and classical significance testing Pairs of random variables Distribution and dependence - classical regression analysis
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Language of instruction	German
Duration (semesters)	1 Semester
Module frequency	winter term
Module capacity	unlimited

Type of course	SWS	Frequency	Workload of compulsory attendance
Lecture	2	WiSe	28
Exercises	2	WiSe	28
Total module attendance time			56 h

Examination	Prüfungszeiten	Type of examination
Final exam of module		Written exam (120 min.) or oral exam (30 min.)