312627 (v.1) Quantitative Biology 501
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| Area: | Department of Environment and Agriculture |
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| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | An introduction to a variety of statistical procedures which are frequently used in the biological sciences. Populations and samples, types of data, distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion, graphing techniques, data screening, data transformation, diversity indices, one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, post-hoc testing, dependent, independent and one-sample t-tests, simple linear regression and correlation, non-parametric procedures (Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis, Spearman Rank Correlation, Chi-square and contingency tables), over-view of multivariate ecological techniques. Experimental design, interpretation of analyses and report writing. Data analysis using the statistical package SPSS. |
| Field of Education: | 010103 Statistics |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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