The Statistics module covers:

Basic test theory; 2-tests for contingency tables; t-Test; non-parametric tests; analysis of variance (ANOVA); multiple testing; power calculations; calculation rules for probabilities and neurobiological applications; guidelines for choice of analysis strategy; software implementations; effect size based hypothesis testing

The Scientific writing module:

• Introduction into general guidelines and rules for scientific writing
• Introduction into the elements of style
• Analysis and discussion of scientific texts
• How to improve and correct a text
• Practices in writing. Students will write their own texts and correct and make suggestions for improvements of the texts of others

Research ethics module covers:

• Main approaches and methods in current research ethics
• Ethical standards of good scientific practice
• Ethical issues related to research with humans
• Ethical issues related to animals
• Ethical issues related to research with biological material