02402
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Basic course information

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02402 Introduction to statistics

Some motivating presentations

IBM Social Media Analytics Podcast by Henrik H. Eliassen, IBM (Slides from talk)
Statistics at Novo Nordisk by Principal Scientist and PhD in Chemistry from DTU Hanne Refsgaard
Skive Fjord Podcast by Jan K Møller, DTU (Slides from talk in English) (Danish podcast)

Contact

DTU Learn

Course page on DTU Learn: https://learn.inside.dtu.dk/d2l/home/215300. Messages will be posted there, and the two mandatory projects should also be summitted there.

13-week period

Locations

Lectures: Tuesdays 13-15

  • Building 303A - auditoriums 42 and 41 - The lecture will be live in 42 and video-transmitted to the neighboring auditoriums if (and only if) the main auditorium is full.

Exercises: Tuesdays 15-17 Location:

  • Building 303A - Team areas East (holdområde ØST) (Capacity 96): Teaching Assistant Alma Fazlagic & Mikail Kaya. For KID Students.
  • Bulding 324-Room 20 (Capacity 36): Teaching Assistant - Jakob Sandfort Ytte
  • Bulding 324-Room 30 (Capacity 24): Teaching Assistant - Juliane Bjørn Budde
  • Bulding 324-Room 40 (Capacity 60): Teaching Assistant - Ameerah Amaani Chaudhry
  • Bulding 324-Room 50 (Capacity 36): Teaching Assistant - Phealy Thourk
  • Bulding 324-Room 60 (Capacity 60): Teaching Assistant - Shannon Taylor Mascard
  • Self-Study Area (without presence of any TA): Building 324 - Room 70 (Capacity 24), Foyer Area 3 (Capacity 18), Foyer area 4 (Capacity 24), Foyer area 5 (Capacity 18), Foyer area 8 (Capacity 24)

Reading Material

Discussion Forum on Edstem.org

  • Find answers and ask questions: https://edstem.org/eu/join/bpxvXd
  • Please have a look at the discussion forum before sending emails - others may have had the same questions as you

MANDATORY projects

In order to be allowed to participate and pass the MCQ exam, each student must hand in two mandatory projects during the course and have these approved before the exam, with the following exceptions: Participants who have followed a previous version of the course without such projects or who have had two such projects approved in a previous version of the course are not required to hand-in the projects again.

See more details on the Projects page.

Exam

  • Date: Saturday 17 May 2025 (see the DTU exam plan and your personal exam plan for more details).
  • 4-hour (digital) multiple choice exam with questions available in both Danish and English.
  • All aids are allowed, but no access to the internet (and no communication devices and no offline generative AI). This means that you can bring your laptop with Python installed. If you want to bring books, notes etc. remember to download them before the exam (you are not allowed to access online versions) or to bring printed/physical books and notes.
  • Find and practice previous exam questions and solutions.
  • Exam preparation café in the Library or the S-huset reading hall (læsesalen) from 10:00 to 16:00 on (Date TBA). A TA will be present to help.
  • If you have any question regarding exams, then please contact [the study administration][HTTPS://www.inside.dtu.dk/en/undervisning/faglig/vejledningstilbud/studieadministration]

Re-Exam

  • Date: TBA (see the DTU examination timetable) Sign-up for the re-exam in the end of the 3-weeks period is done via filling-in form
  • After the Office of Study Programs and Student Affairs completes their process and sends email confiration, you can see your registration at www.tilmelding.dtu.dk under your re-exams.
  • If you have any question regarding re-exams, then please contact [the study administration][HTTPS://www.inside.dtu.dk/en/undervisning/faglig/vejledningstilbud/studieadministration]

Exam Structure and Assessment

The exam consists of 30 questions of “multiple choice” type. For each of the questions, 5 points are given for a correct answer, and -1 point is given for a wrong answer, and 0 points for not answering the question. For each question, there is only one correct answer. Technically, the exam system allows selecting more than one option but in that case 0 points are given.

The total number of points needed to obtain a specific grade or to pass the exam is determined after the exam and in collaboration with an external censor. See the grade history

Language of the Lectures

Course 02402 is offered in both Danish and English. The Danish version of the lectures is held during fall semesters.

Language, Communication and Information

  • All written material is in English.
  • The multiple-choice exam questions will be available in both Danish and English.
  • Messages will be given in English.
  • During the Fall semester, live lectures will be held in Danish.
  • Lectures in Danish are available as online podcasts via this link (recorded in Spring 2015).
  • Lectures in English are available as online podcasts via this link (recorded in Spring 2017).
  • See more information here: Course Data Base link for course 02402
  • See also academic calendar