Nordic Informatics Network in the Agricultural Sciences

Computer Intensive Statistical Methods - with Biological Applications

Programme, 1st week

Date Hours Activity Subject(s)
16/8 10.00-10.30 Welcome Presentation; Course overview (Anders R. Kristensen / Henrik Stryhn)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.00 Lecture Simulation; Random numbers (Henrik Stryhn)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-14.30 Lecture Simulation of complex models; Computer science aspects of simulation, illustrated by Java and Markov chains (Henrik Stryhn / Peter Sestoft)
14.30-15.00 Lecture Introduction to computer programs (SAS, Minitab) (Henrik Stryhn)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-18.00 Exercises Simulation of models (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
18.00-19.30 Dinner break
19.30-20.30 Lecture Numerical aspects of random number generation (Per Christian Hansen)
17/8 9.00-10.30 Lecture Statistical inference based on simulation I; tests (Steve Buckland)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.00 Exercises Simulation-based statistical tests (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Lecture Statistical inference based on simulation II; confidence intervals; model validation (Steve Buckland)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-18.00 Exercises Simulation-based statistical inference (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
18.00-19.30 Dinner break
19.30- No evening program
18/8 9.00-10.30 Lecture Bootstrap I; nonparametric bootstrap; variance, confidence intervals (Steve Buckland)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.00 Exercises Bootstrap I (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Lecture Bootstrap II; parametric bootstrap; bias (Steve Buckland)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-18.00 Exercises Bootstrap II (Henrik Stryhn / John Öhrvik)
18.00- Excursion (Copenhagen, including dinner)
19/8 9.00-10.30 Lecture Extensions of bootstrap and randomisation methods; analysis of variance, regression, generalised linear models (Steve Buckland)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.00 Exercises Bootstrap extensions I (Henrik Stryhn / John Öhrvik)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-14.15 Lecture Bootstrap hypothesis tests - with an application to testing for multimodality (John Öhrvik)
14.15-15.00 Lecture Bootstrap methods in weed science (Jens E. Jensen)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-18.00 Exercises Bootstrap extensions II (Henrik Stryhn / John Öhrvik)
18.00-19.30 Dinner break
19.30-20.30 Exercises Analysis of own datasets (Steve Buckland / John Öhrvik / Henrik Stryhn)
20/8 9.00-10.30 Lecture Advanced bootstrap methods; confidence intervals; bootstrap in hierarchical models (John Öhrvik / Steve Buckland)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.00 Exercises Analysis of own datasets (Steve Buckland / John Öhrvik / Henrik Stryhn)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Discussion Summary of bootstrap topics (Steve Buckland / John Öhrvik / Henrik Stryhn)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-17.00 Discussion Project presentations (participants)

Henrik Stryhn (hes@svs.dk)

Dina logoAuthor: phd@dina.kvl.dk. Updated: 13 August 1999