Introduction to Statistics for PhD Students (GGG/GSGG/GFA/GAUSS) in person
Target group:
PhD students of all four Göttingen Interdisciplinary Graduate Schools
Schedule:
The course will take place on 1.-2. and 8.-9. of September, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m..
The afternoon sessions will be dedicated to practical exercises that can be done in groups or individually.
Venue: Seminar room 0.104 in Humboldtalle 3
Available seats: 15
Course language: English
Instructor
Jens Lichter is a scientific employee at the Chair of Statistics. Besides teaching in Econometrics and Statistics, he is offering Statistical Consulting for PhD students. If you are interested in individual Statistial Consulting, please go to https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/statistical+consulting+for+phd+students/693411.html
This course gives an overview over some core principles of Statistics. It is best suited for beginners and those who would like to refresh their knowledge about Statistics for their PhD.
The course will cover the following topics:
- Descriptive statistics and basic graphical visualization
- The idea of statistical inference
- Statistical testing
- T-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA)
- Nonparametric tests
- Basics of regression analysis
- Linear models
- Generalized linear models
- Mixed models
Credits: 1 ECTS
Requirements: Participants will receive a certificate of attendance if requested. Moreover, there is the option of receiving 1 Credit if submitting an additional homework of 3-4 pages.
Registration:
Registration for the courses will open on July, 1, 2025. Please register for the course „Seminar: Introduction to Statistics for PhD students“ in stud.ip (Modulenumber: 990058).
Contact for more information:
M.Sc. Jens Lichter
Chair of Statistics
University of Göttingen
Tel.: +49 (0) 551 - 39 21395
E-mail: jens.lichter@uni-goettingen.de
This course is organized by the Chair of Statistics and the Göttingen Interdisziplinary Graduate Schools (GIGS).
