314004 Reading Course "Statistische Wissenschaften" (S) (SoSe 2026)

In the "Reading Course", students should gain an insight into current statistical topics and work through the relevant subject area under the guidance of a supervisor using specialised literature.
This module focuses on independent familiarisation with various subject areas. In the "Reading Course", students should learn to deal with new statistical research areas and to work on topics independently.

SoSe 2026: The book to be covered this semester will be chosen by the students through a vote. Voting will be open in the Moodle room from April 7 to April 13 at 10:00 a.m.

In each session, 1–2 students will present a summary of the current material (typically a part of a chapter and a matching paper), which will largely determine their grade. Beyond that, this class aims to equip the students with the ability to critically question the methodology employed in basketball analytics, and thus it is expected that students actively participate in discussions. All participants are expected to read the current material before the weekly sessions. In the first session (14.04.2026, 16:15, room W9-109), we will discuss the modalities and start to plan the presentations.

The course language will be English. In case there are only German native speakers in the class we might consider switching to German.

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, notwendige Vorkenntnisse

It will be expected that participants are familiar with basic statistics (e.g. from introductory courses in statistics, stochastics or econometrics).

Basic knowledge of R would be helpful but is not strictly required.