Course of Astro-Statistics
The Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory is organizing a course of statistics applied to astrophysical problems. The lectures will illustrate techniques to solve of a number of statistical problems commonly encountered in astrophysics:
Apr. 14th-16th, prof. Eric D. Feigelson (Penn State): introductory lectures
Monday April 14, 2-4pm
2-3: Introduction to Astrostatistics [general lecture]
3-4: Introduction to the R statistical computing environment [lecture and tutorial]
Tuesday April 15, 2-4pm
2-3: Density estimation (or data smoothing) [lecture and tutorial]
3-4: Regression [lecture and tutorial]
Wednesday April 16, 2-4pm
2-3: Data mining: Clustering and classification [lecture and tutorial]
3-4: Common statistical mistakes in the astronomical literature [general lecture]
Tutorial participants should have laptops with R installed, see
instructions at http://www2.astro.psu.edu/users/edf/Arcetri_Apr2014
instructions at http://www2.astro.psu.edu/users/edf/Arcetri_Apr2014
All the lectures are available on line:
Sep. 29th-Oct 3rd, prof. David A. van Dyk (Imperial College): advanced course
All the lectures are available on line:
