Bioinformatics statistics series

This is a series of talks/lectures on general topics in statistics. These talks are aimed at biologists with no extensive statistical knowledge and are designed to help them understand selected issues in statistical data analysis and interpretation.

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Date

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1

Is my treatment different from control
or understanding Kolmogorov-Smirnov test

Treatment-control comparison and KS test

19 January 2010, 2 pm

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2

Tea and independence
or understanding Fisher's exact test

Fisher's exact test and its applications

23 February 2010, 3 pm

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3

Error analysis in biology 1

Probability distributions

16 January 2014, 3 pm

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YouTube

4

Error analysis in biology 2

Random errors, statistical estimators

23 January 2014, 3 pm

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YouTube

5

Error analysis in biology 3

Confidence intervals I

30 January 2014, 3 pm

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YouTube

6

Error analysis in biology 4

Confidence intervals II

6 February 2014, 3 pm

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YouTube

7

Error analysis in biology 5

Error bars, quoting numbers & errors

13 February 2014, 3 pm

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YouTube

8

Error analysis in biology 6

Error propagation, linear regression errors

20 February 2014, 3 pm

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YouTube

9

Error analysis in biology 1

Probability distributions

28 April 2015, 3 pm

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10

Error analysis in biology 2

Random errors, statistical estimators

30 April 2015, 3 pm

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11

Error analysis in biology 3

Confidence intervals I

4 May 2015, 3 pm

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12

Error analysis in biology 4

Confidence intervals II

7 May 2015, 3 pm

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13

Error analysis in biology 5

Error bars, quoting numbers & errors

12 May 2015, 3 pm

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14

Error analysis in biology 6

Error propagation, linear regression errors

14 May 2015, 3 pm

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15

Understanding statistical error

Textbook on error analysis

2016

 

 

16

Error analysis in biology 1

Probability distributions

1 March 2016, 11 am

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17

Error analysis in biology 2

Random errors, statistical estimators

3 March 2016, 11 am

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18

Error analysis in biology 3

Confidence intervals I

8 March 2016, 11 am

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19

Error analysis in biology 4

Confidence intervals II

10 March 2016, 11 am

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20

Error analysis in biology 5

Error bars, quoting numbers & errors

15 March 2016, 11 am

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21

Error analysis in biology 6

Error propagation, linear regression errors

22 March 2016, 11 am

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22

Homework solutions

 

2016

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23

P-values 1

Introduction, Fisher's test

13 April 2017, 11 am

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24

P-values 2

Chi-square test, G-test

14 April 2017, 2 pm

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25

P-values 3

t-test, variance comparison

18 April 2017, 10 am

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26

P-values 4

ANOVA

20 April 2017, 10 am

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27

P-values 5

Non-parametric tests 1

25 April 2017, 10 am

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28

P-values 6

Non-parametric tests 2

27 April 2017, 10 am

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29

P-values 7

Statistical power

1 May 2017, 10 am

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30

P-values 8

Multiple test corrections

2 May 2017, 10 am

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31

P-values 9

What is wrong with p-values?

11 May 2017, 10 am

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32

Lies, damn lies, statistics

P-values and reproducibility crisis

6 Sep 2017, 1:15 pm

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33

Lies, damn lies, statistics

P-values and reproducibility crisis

5 Sep 2018, 1:15 pm

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34

P-values 1

Introduction, Fisher's test

31 Oct 2018, 11 am

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35

P-values 2

Chi-square test, G-test

7 Nov 2018, 11 am

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36

P-values 3

t-test, variance comparison

9 Nov 2018, 11 am

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37

P-values 4

ANOVA

12 Nov 2018, 11 am

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38

P-values 5

Non-parametric tests 1

14 Nov 2018, 11 am

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39

P-values 6

Non-parametric tests 2

19 Nov 2018, 2 pm

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40

P-values 7

Statistical power

21 Nov 2018, 11 am

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41

P-values 8

Multiple test corrections

26 Nov 2018, 11 am

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42

P-values 9

What is wrong with p-values?

28 Nov 2018, 11 am

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43

Statistics 1

Probability distributions

7 Oct 2019, 11 am

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