Teaching materials

Experimental methods in Biological Sciences I

@ Aalto University Demo sessions (5 x 3 x 45min) designed by hpsaarimaki. Target audience: master’s and doctoral students in neuroscience and biomedical engineering.

Syllabus

Demo 1

1. Basics of using the R software
2. Preparing data for statistical analyses

Materials:
Lecture slides: Slides
Practice materials: Part 1, Part 2
Example code: Part 1, Part 2

Demo 2

1. Descriptive statistics
2. Plotting data

Materials:
Lecture slides: Slides
Practice materials: Part 1

Demo 3

1. Comparing means with t-tests
2. Analysis of variance

Materials: Lecture slides: Slides
Practice materials: Part 1

Demo 4

1. Correlation and linear regression

Materials: Lecture slides: Slides
Practice materials: Part 1

Demo 5

1. Categorical associations
2. Nonparametric tests
3. Summary of the demo sessions

Materials: Lecture slides: Slides
Practice materials: Part 1

Course evaluation

Written exam, homework assignments (r code with comments after each demo session).

Experimental methods in Biological Sciences II

@ Aalto University
Group research project goals designed by hpsaarimaki.
Target audience: master’s and doctoral students in neuroscience and biomedical engineering.

Syllabus

Kick-start symposium (2 x 45min)

Univariate and repeated measures statistics with R - recap from Exp Methods I (Slides)
Instructions for research projects (Slides)

Research plan contents:

• Main objective and summary of the project
• Background
• Theoretical framework
• Research questions and expected findings (hypotheses)
• Participants and recruiting
• Methods
• Analysis
• Resources
• Preliminary schedule

Weekly office hours (2 hours)

Teaching assistants available to instruct and give feedback on research projects (plan, data collection and analyses, reports).

Final symposium (3 x 45min)

Oral presentations (15min each) and written reports.

Course evaluation

Written research plan, oral presentation, written report.