8306 (v.9) Quantitative Biology 201

Area:

Department of Environmental Biology

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:

3 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

    1765 (v.2) Mathematics 113 or any previous version
    OR
    2314 (v.4) Mathematics 021 or any previous version
AND
4880 (v.3) Information Technology 111 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Types of data sampling, Graphing techniques. Diversity indices (e.g. Shannon Weaver, J. Sorenson's) procedures. Comparing means. One-way ANOVA. Scheffe tests. MINITAB introduction. Fisher's testing. MINTAB one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, randomised block design and application. ANOVA assumptions, Levene Test for variance equality. Two-way ANOVA with replication, Interaction summaries. T-test dependent samples (repeated measures), t-test independent. CHI-SQUARE-introduction, contingency tables. Regression, correlation, Mann-Whitney U Test. Spearman Rank Correlation (non parametric). Kruskal Wallis. Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance. Transformation of data.

** 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:

10103 Statistics

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area