Entry requirements

Rocks and quaternary deposits or equivalent plus 15 credits of mathematics.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• know and understand the elementary principles of Statistics
• Identify statistical methods generally used in Earth Sciences
• carry out test of hypothesis

Content

Discrete and continuous variables. Frequency distribution, class intervals and frequency curves. Different types of means: arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means. Measures of dispersion and moments. Elementary probability theory. Normal distribution, elementary sampling theory, Students t-distribution, the chi-square distribution, curve fitting and the method of least squares.

Instruction

Lectures and exercises.

Assessment

Examination is held at the end of the course. Grading on the scale 3, 4 or 5 is given provided the examination and the exercise are completed and deemed approved. Written examination corresponds to 4 ECTS-credits and exercises 1 ECTS-credit.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.