The evaluation of the practical skills is performed on the basis of smaller exercises and 2-3 homework assignments that are conducted via BOKUlearn.

Smaller exercises: are assigned in the first units of the course. They are counted as "active contribution" and will assist in assigning a grade, e.g. in inconclusive cases (when standing between two grades).

Homework: These larger, obligatory exercises shall be solved using the software R. Some exercises shall be handed in in the form of a small report (pdf file), showing each step of the analysis (R codes, numeric and graphical output, together with stating the main assumptions and giving a short interpretation of the results). Other exercises are proposed as online-exercises where results are directly entered in a web-mask (see declaration of each exercise).

For "Environmental statistics" the evaluation of the knowledge of the course content will be by either a seminary work + final presentation, or by a written exam at the end of the course. A repetition date at the end of the semester will be proposed for those who missed the exam or received a negative grade.

For "Statistics of extreme events and geostatistics" the knowledge of of the course content will be evaluated by a seminary work + final presentation.

For each part (practical part and lecture part) at least 50% of the maximum possible points are required. Otherwise a negative grade will be given.

The total performance $P$ (% of possible points) is the combined performance of the home exercises $P_H$ and the final exam $P_E$

$$ P = \frac{1}{2}\cdot P_H+ \frac{1}{2}\cdot P_E $$

The following grading scheme is applied: