Special Aspects of Statistics and Experimental Design

Faculty

Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture

Version

Version 2 of 03.05.2023.

Module identifier

44B0678

Module level

Bachelor

Language of instruction

German

ECTS credit points and grading

5.0

Module frequency

only winterterm

Duration

1 semester

 

 

Brief description

In many areas of horticulture, in-depth knowledge of specific statistical methods is required. Obtaining characteristic data to control production requires special knowledge of the planning and evaluation of experiments and of data acquisition, in order to then arrive at correct decisions through proper statistical evaluation, naturally taking into account a certain risk of error.

Overall workload

The total workload for the module is 135 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning
Hours of workloadType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
32LectureOnline-
20PracticeOnline-
5OtherOnline-
Lecturer independent learning
Hours of workloadType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
28Preparation/follow-up for course work-
10Study of literature-
25Exam preparation-
15Work in small groups-
Graded examination
  • Portfolio exam or
  • Written examination or
  • oral exam
Remark on the assessment methods

The standard type of examination is portfolio examination (in case of deviation, one of the alternative examination types mentioned will be selected by the examiner and announced at the beginning of the course)

Exam duration and scope

The portfolio exam consists of the sub-exams:

 

E-exam (30 min., max. 25%) + E-exam (30 min., max. 25%) + written exam (60 min., max. 50% of the total number of points to be achieved)

Literature

Dormann, Carsten F. Parametrische Statistik. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.

Wickham, Hadley, and Garrett Grolemund. R for data science: import, tidy, transform, visualize, and model data. O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2016. [https://r4ds.had.co.nz/]

Köhler, Wolfgang, Gabriel Schachtel, and Peter Voleske. Biostatistik: Einführung in die Biometrie für Biologen und Agrarwissenschaftler. Springer-Verlag, 2013.

Data Science for Agriculture in R unter schmidt-paul.github.io/DSFAIR/

Applicability in study programs

  • Pflanzentechnologie in der Agrarwirtschaft
    • Pflanzentechnologie in der Agrarwirtschaft B.Sc.

    Person responsible for the module
    • Ulbrich, Andreas
    Further lecturer(s)

    Schlehuber, Dennis