Statistical Tools in Astrophysics
NAAS003, 7.5hp
This is a PhD level course in astrophysics. The course is run together with the advanced level course ASTM21 Statistical Tools in Astrophysics.
Course contents: Basic probability theory and statistics. The concept of probability, probability distributions, and Bayes' theorem. Sampling, moments, correlation, order statistics, and graphical presentation of data. Estimation of parameters and model fitting. The principle of Maximum Likelihood and least-squares method. Signal, noise, errors, and uncertainties.
Contact
Paul McMillan, paul [at] astro [dot] lu [dot] se
Syllabus for course
Information about content, course goals and prerequisites.
Swedish original
course-Sve.pdf
English translation
course-Eng.pdf