Trying to get ahead in science without speaking English? It won't work. Trying to get ahead in science without understanding probability theory? It won't work either. I am pleased to announce my "Probability Theory (with R)" course (more info at https://training.vbcf.ac.at/training/rprob.php ) . This course teaches you the basics of probability theory which is indispensable for any scientific investigation. We will focus on the intuition behind probability theory rather than on a mathematically rigorous presentation. This course is a pre-requisite to the "Think statistics! (with R)" course (https://training.vbcf.ac.at/training/rstat.php ). TOPICS: - Foundations of probability theory: basic identities (sum rule, product rule). Independent variates, conditional probability. - Discrete probability distributions: Uniform, Bernoulli, Binomial, Poisson, Negative Binomial. - Continuouos probability distributions: Uniform, Exponential, Gamma etc. - Central Limit Theorem. Normal and Chi-square distributions. OUT OF SCOPE: Applied data analyses as this is a foundational course. SCIENTIFIC PREREQUISITES: Knowledge of the 4 arithmetic operations. The rest I'll explain. PROGRAMMING PREREQUISITES: Basic familiarity with R is needed to understand the hands-on examples. DATE/TIME: Wednes the 17th September, 09:00 - 13:00h. LOCATION: IMP seminar room E-016. COST: free of charge. HOW TO REGISTER: Check your calendar. *** If you register but don't attend, you are taking away a place from a colleague! ***. Ask your supervisor for permission to attend, then open this URL: https://training.vbcf.ac.at/training/schedule.php Click on the [REGISTER] button and fill out the form. Please specify your job type (e.g. “PhD student”) correctly. Thank you, András You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the VBC Science mailing list. To unsubscribe from this list, go to here<https://myaccount.microsoft.com/groups/64dd6714-c5a4-4ec9-a794-e7d168bf2f88> and select "Leave". If you want to re-join at a later time, visit this link<https://myaccount.microsoft.com/groups/search> and search for "VBC List" groups to join.