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Written on 02.12.2021 20:35 by Sven Rahmann
Dear all,
we have so far covered discrete probability theory and important computational aspects.
We still need to go on a bit with theory (until the holidays perhaps) and learn some basics of statistics, in particular foundations of test theory and estimation theory. To do this properly, we need to use continuous distributions (in addition to discrete ones).
So the plan for next week is continuous distributions and introduction to testing (which I already somewhat did today). We will use differential gene expression analysis and differential methylation analysis as typical examples from "omics" to highlight the challenges. After the holidays, we will look into even more applications, and at the same time introduce more powerful models and procedures.
I hope that this gives you some orientation.
Slides for this week (Lectures 13 and 14, one common PDF) and videos are online, as well as the new assignment sheet from today, due in one week on December 9. This one is more programming-heavy, but not too difficult. Keep up the good work!