Statistical Methods

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Master in Computer Science

Professor Leonardo Ricci

Statistical Methods - Heider Jeffer Notation (Link)

List of topics

• Discrete random variables and their distributions: probability; random variables; probability distributions; expected values.

• Statistical Inference: tests of significance and p-values; Bayes' theorem; a short account on decision-making.

• Correlation and regression.

• Time series analysis: basic smoothing techniques (averaging methods, exponential smoothing techniques); short account on more advanced fitting techniques.

• Dynamic systems and Markov chains: Markov processes, states, transition probabilities and matrices; remarkable applications.