Statistical Methods in Hydrology (Contract Education)
Syllabus, Master's level, 8GV114
This course has been discontinued.
- Code
- 8GV114
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Earth Science A1N
- Grading system
- Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail (U)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 10 May 2012
- Responsible department
- Department of Earth Sciences
Entry requirements
120 credits with at least 90 credits in Earth Sciences and 15 credits in Mathematics or 90 credits in Physics.
Learning outcomes
After the completion of the course, the student should be able to
- identify statistical tools that can be used to handle large amounts of data
- apply statistical tools for modelling and analysis within the environmental sciences
- describe the most common statistical techniques used in hydrology
- perform a time-series analysis
- compute design floods and hydrological extremes
- apply simple statistic models in hydrology
Content
Statistical analysis: Moments: measures of central tendency, dispersion and symmetry. Expectation and estimation. Frequency analysis and design floods. Discrete and continuous probability distributions, especially normal and extreme-value distributions. Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Correlation, simple and multiple regression. Variance analysis. Parameter-value estimation. Time-series analysis and simple stochastic models. Error theory.
Instruction
Lectures, computer exercises, project work and project report.
Assessment
Examination is held at the end of the course. Grading on the scale 3, 4 or 5 is given provided all exercises and laboratory reports are completed and approved. Grade is based on written examination (4 HEC) and project work (1 HEC).