This course is part of the Neurosciences master program at the VU.

It counts in the category “Courses on other subjects”.Statistical data analysis is the process of inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modelling data in order to test scientific hypotheses and answer research questions. Each lecture will provide the theoretical background. The practicals and weekly obligatory assignments will guide students through a series of tailored research problems that they will tackle using the statistical package R. Students will receive hands-on experience in the main steps involved in statistical analyses: from the formulation of hypotheses, selection of the most appropriate test, checking of assumptions, cleaning of data, and running of analyses in R, to formally reporting the obtained results.