Statistics, basicsLaajuus (2 cr)

Objective

The aim of this course is to give you practical knowledge on how to use MATLAB for statistical data analysis of measured data. The aim is not to give a deep mathematical understanding of statistical data analysis. The course is integrated into the MATLAB Grader environment. MATLAB and MATLAB Grader requires a MATLAB license.
The goal is to learn how to use MATLAB
--to open and read data files.
- to draw graphs.
- calculate descriptive statistical figures.
- for curve fitting.
- to perform statistical tests for mean and variance.

Content

- Data file formats and file reading.
- Data cleansing, outliers and missing data
- Graphical representation of data.
- Curve fitting and linear regression
- Sampling and descriptive statistics
- Statistical tests, Z-test, F-test and Student’s t-test

Qualifications

Basic mathematical skills are required. It is recommendable that you familiarize yourself with the MATLAB environment in advance. One option is MATLAB Onramp provided by Mathworks https://se.mathworks.com/learn/tutorials/matlab-onramp.html