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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 9.07 (Spring 2004) 
  • Course Title:
  • Statistical Methods in Brain and Cognitive Science 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Brain and Cognitive Sciences 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Dr. Ruth Rosenholtz 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 9.07 Statistical Methods in Brain and Cognitive Science



    Spring 2004




    Course Highlights


    This course features downloadable lecture slides.


    Course Description


    This course emphasizes statistics as a powerful tool for studying complex issues in behavioral and biological sciences, and explores the limitations of statistics as a method of inquiry. The course covers descriptive statistics, probability and random variables, inferential statistics, and basic issues in experimental design. Techniques introduced include confidence intervals, t-tests, F-tests, regression, and analysis of variance. Assignments include a project in data analysis.


    Technical Requirements


    MATLAB® software is required to view and run the .mat files found on this course site.

     

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