Module MA4665-KP05

Statistical Learning (StaLerKP05)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

every second year

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Master Medical Informatics 2019, optional subject, Medical Data Science / Artificial Intelligence
  • Master CLS 2023, optional subject, mathematics
  • Bachelor CLS 2023, optional subject, mathematics
  • Master CLS 2016, optional subject, mathematics
  • Bachelor CLS 2016, optional subject, mathematics

Classes and lectures:

  • Statistical Learning (exercise, 1 SWS)
  • Statistical Learning (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

  • 45 hours in-classroom work
  • 15 hours exam preparation
  • 60 hours private studies
  • 30 hours work on project

Contents of teaching:

  • Application scenarios and research questions for prediction models (focus: risk prediction)
  • Study design and data preprocessing
  • Overview of different machine learning methods (concepts, advantages and disadvantages)
  • Development of prediction models
  • Evaluation of prediction performance
  • Comparison of prediction models
  • Variable selection
  • Extension to time-to-event outcomes with censoring

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Students can define research questions for applications of pediction models
  • They can explain the individual steps in the development and evaluation of prediction models
  • They can describe frequently occurring errors and problems as well als possible solutions
  • They can describe central ideas of different machine learning methods and select suitable methods for applications
  • They can develop and evaluate models in the programming language R

Grading through:

  • project work
  • Viva Voce or test

Responsible for this module:

  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Silke Szymczak

Teacher:

Literature:

  • Thomas Gerds und Michael Kattan : Medical Risk Prediction Models – With Ties to Machine Learning CRC Press: Bota Raton, FL (2022)

Language:

  • German or English

Notes:

Admission requirements for taking the module:
- None (The competencies of the modules listed under 'Requires' are needed for this module, but are not a formal prerequisite)

Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- None

Module exam(s):
- MA4665-L1: Statistical Learning, oral exam (20 min) or written exam (60 min), 50 % of module grade
- MA4665-L2: Research project incl. presentation and code documentation, 50 % of module grade

Last Updated:

12.09.2024