Tom Kepler teaching ‘Statistical Reasoning for the Basic Biomedical Sciences MI720′
Tom Kepler, along with Teaching Assistants Stephanie D’Souza (MD/PhD candidate) and Katherine Norwood (PhD Bioinformatics candidate), is teaching a class on ‘Statistical Reasoning for the Basic Biomedical Sciences MI720′ this semester. A description of the course is as follows.
Statistics is a key competency in scientific research—never more so than today—but too often is presented in a dry and detached manner, leaving the impression that statistics is an unfortunate but necessary hurdle to clear after the real science is done. In contrast to this view, we will approach the subject from the broader perspective of reasoning under uncertainty as an integral part of scientific research, and statistics as essential formalizations of foundational scientific methods.
In addition to building up the relevant concepts, intuitions, and theory, we will engage in hands-on exercises in class using R Studio and best data-analytical practices using R Markdown, both of which are freely available and run under Windows, OSX, and Linux.