| Course Title: Biostatistics with Laboratory |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: The statistics sections of biology articles have become so technical and jargon-filled that many biologists feel intimidated into skipping them or blindly accepting the stated results. But how can we ask relevant questions or push the boundaries of knowledge if we skip these sections? Using lectures, data collection, and hands-on analysis in R, this course will connect statistics to biology to help students develop a gut instinct for experimental design and analysis. We will explore sampling bias and data visualization and review methods and assumptions for the most common approaches with examples from current biological literature and our own data. |
| Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Martha Hoopes | mhoopes@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 09:30AM - 10:45AM | KNDD - Kendade | G06 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in Biological Sciences or ENVST-200. | Take previously | Required |
| Coreq: BIOL-234L. | Take concurrently | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| NXDTA0001 | NXDTA: Nexus in Data Analytics and Society | This course is approved for the Data Analytics |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Analysis of Biological Data Author: Whitlock, Michael C. Copyright: 2014 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781936221486 Publisher: Roberts and Company |
Required | 116.38 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: The digital version of the book is cheaper ($95.99), ISBN 9781319156718 |