30060 - Bio-Demographic Lab

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • Moduli: Saverio Ranciati (Modulo 1) Saverio Ranciati (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Statistical Sciences (cod. 8873)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course the student:

• is able to combine methodological expertise and sensible interpretation of real cases;

• can go through the various phases of the statistical analysis of bio-demographic phenomena;

• can use advanced statistical methods;

• is able to present the results of his work both in written and oral form.

Course contents

The course focuses on:

• using R software to import, export, organize and reshape data, to simulate information, and analyze real-world situations;

• using "tidyverse" package suite;

• using R Markdown to produce reports;

• the implementations of many statistical models and procedures used to analyze bio-demographical data;

• case studies.

Teaching methods

Online teaching: live streaming shared screen.

Assessment methods

The student will provide a statistical report on a dataset of their choice and discuss it with the lecturer.

Teaching tools

Scripts and datasets will be made available on IOL.

Office hours

See the website of Saverio Ranciati