Courses:

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.