MAMO3100 Statistical analysis Course description

The course will enable students to utilize central statistical methods og models in modern quantitative analysis and gives an introduction to statistical thinking. The students learn how different regression models are used to understand relationships in data and to perform such analyses in Python. Students will, in addition, gain insight into methods for analyzing and explaining black-box prediction models, refered to as explainable artificial intelligence (XAI).

The course builds on DAPE2000 Mathematics 2000 with Statistics.

The student must have been admitted to the study programme.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The student can:

• explain fundamental concepts in regression analysis such as explanatory variables, response variable, explained variance, prediction intervals and the least squares method
• know of maximum likelihood estimation, likelihood ratio test, bootstrapping and generalized linear models
• explain how machine learning methods are trained, validated, and evaluated
• explain the difference between local and global explanations, and how the explainability methods partial dependence plot, accumulated local effects plot, Friedman's H-statistic, and surrogate models work.

Skills

The student can:

• use linear and logistic regression to study the relationship between one or more explanatory variables and a response variable
• fit an appropriate regression model by studying the model's residuals and, if necessary, attempt various variable transformations and variable selection
• formulate and perform hypotheses tests and calculate confidence intervals for parameters in a regression model
• identify the most important predictors in a model using explainable artificial intelligence (XAI)
• write source code to perform calculations for regression analyses and XAI in Python

General competence

The student can:

• apply statistical thinking to real-world problems and communicate these both in writing and orally
• solve real-world problems using regression analysis, machine learning and XAI
• identify the limitations of the methods and assess similarities and differences with methods from mathematical modeling, numerical analysis, and machine learning

Lectures and individual exercises. The exercise sessions will consist of both problem-solving and programming.

The following coursework is mandatory and must be approved to be eligible for the exam:

Three mandatory assignments, of which at least two must be approved. The work is done in groups of 1-4 members.

Project examination, consisting of a group assignment with up to 7 students, based on a case with a health claim in the media. The assignment will include the levels of the EBP model. The assignment is submitted as a written paper of 1500 words (+/- 10 prosent) according to further specified criteria.

Each group decides whether their assignment is to be submitted in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

Resit exam: If the assignment is given the grade fail, the group can submit a revised version once.

If this attempt fails, the group is entitled to a third and final attempt. In a third attempt, the group must choose a new health claim and submit a new examination paper.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Pass/Fail. The same grade is given for all students in the group.

Prior to the course, the students are recommended to go through the elements in "Startpakka" which focus on literature search, critical appraisal and use of references, see https://student.oslomet.no/startpakka

ERGOB1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care, 5 credits, FYB1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care, 5 credits, RAB1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care, 5 credits, SYKK1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care, 5 credits, SYKP1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care, 5 credits, TAB1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care, 5 credits, FARB1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care, 5 credits, PMED1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care, 5 credits, ORI1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care, 5 credits, and VERB1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care, 5 credits overlaps 100 %. FARB1020 Samfunnsfarmasi, 5 credits overlap.

Ingen overlapp med andre emner.