RTG2824 Teaching program - Biostatistics
On 06th and 07th November 2025 Prof. Konstantin Kotliar gave his Biostatistics workshop to our 2nd cohort PhD student. On 14th November the course will continue and complete with a online session. Here find an overview of the workshop topics:
The workshop introduces participants to various procedures and methods for statistical data analysis. The primary objective is to equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of, and the confidence to apply, the fundamental principles and techniques of mathematical statistics, particularly in the context of biomedical applications. Participants learn to critically evaluate statistical analyses in the publications and presentations of others and develop an in-depth understanding of the relevant statistical analysis and presentation of data in their own research. By the end of the workshop, participants will realise that statistics are comprehensible, interesting and useful, and that learning and applying them can be enjoyable.
Topics presence days: Descriptive statistics, analytical and graphical statistical metrics, normal distribution and testing for normal distribution. What to do if the distribution is not normal? Parametric and non-parametric statistics. Sample parameters, interval estimation. Inferential statistics: how to compare data? Hypothesis testing, t-test, one-tailed vs. two-tailed, dependent (paired) vs. independent, p-value.
Topics online day: Inferential statistics: analysis of variance (1-way ANOVA), multiple comparisons and post-hoc tests. What does not significant really mean? - error type 2, power (sensitivity), case number calculation, and experiment planning. Introduction to nonparametric inferential statistics. Which test should be used, and what information will it provide?
In 2024 and 2025 Prof. Kotliar already offered such a course to our PhD students of the 1st cohort and MD scholarship holders. We thank Prof. Kotliar very much for his continued support and effort!