Course detail
Numerical and Statistical Treatment of Experimental Data
FCH-BCA_ZDZAcad. year: 2012/2013
To acquaint students with the basic statistical procedures and moderately advanced methods of analytical data processing. Provide introduction to the procedures for securing and managing data quality in the analytical laboratory.
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Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
1. Students will be able to perform basic statistical analysis of the results of chemical analyzes used in analytical practice
2. Students will be abls to apply control procedures used for quality data assurance/quality data control (QA/QC) in analytical laboratories
3. Students will understand the basic methods of processing and interpretation of environmental data and they will be able to apply them in solving of real tasks
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Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
2. Statistics of repeated measurements: normal and log-normal distribution, estimations of mean and variance, confidence intervals
3. Significance tests: accuracy, precision, trueness, analysis of variance (ANOVA)
4. Quality of analytical measurements, Shewhart charts
5. Uncertainity of analytical results
6. Calibration methods: Regression and correlation
7. Non-parametric and robust methods
8. Introduction to multivariate analysis
9. Application examples from the environmental data treatment
Work placements
Aims
1. To deepen and complete students' knowledge in the field of statistics obtained in previous studies
2. To acquaint students with the specifics of processing results in the field of analytical chemistry
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
J. Pavlík a kol., Aplikovaná statistika, VŠCHT Praha, 2005, ISBN 80-7080-569-2 (CS)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BPCO_CHTOZP , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BKCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BKCO_CHTOZP , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BPCO_CHTOZP , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BPCP_CHCHT_AKR Bachelor's
branch BPCO_CHTOZP , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme CKCP_CZV lifelong learning
branch CKCO_CZV , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional