Courses Handbook 2010

312627 (v.1) Quantitative Biology 501


Area: Department of Environmental and Aquatic Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
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.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
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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