Department of Physics

19403  Methods of Data Analysis  

Course Webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS295/  

Course Content

• Descriptive statistics: Measures of central tendency and variability. Discrete and continuous variables. Graphical representation of data.
• Harmonic analysis. Spectral analysis.
• Time series analysis of discrete variables with the aid of Markov chains. Time series analysis of continuous variables, autoregression.
• Multidimensional methods. Principal component analysis. Discriminant analysis. Cluster analysis. Neural networks.
• Geographic information systems: Principles, methods of data processing in vector and digital form. Computer lab-applications.