Descriptive statistics, classical statistical analysis. Statistical hypothesis testing. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), one-factor, two-factor ANOVA. Non-parametric methods. Linear regression. Correlation, correlation coefficient. Non-linear regression models, procedure for regression analysis of a non-linear model. Basics of machine learning. Classification by nearest neighbour method. SVM classifiers. Decision trees.
Objectives:
The goal of the course is to introduce students to basic data analysis tools. The course is designed so that students are able to apply the acquired information to real data. The output of the course will be the students' own semester project.