8306 (v.9) Quantitative Biology 201
Area: | Department of Environment and Agriculture |
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Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Tuition Patterns: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Computer Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
10926 (v.5)
Mathematics 103
or any previous version
OR 305639 (v.1) Mathematics 135 or any previous version OR 7062 (v.6) Mathematics 101 or any previous version OR 305640 (v.1) Mathematics 136 or any previous version OR 307536 (v.4) Engineering Mathematics 120 or any previous version OR 307535 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 110 or any previous version OR Admission into 305347 (v.2) Bachelor of Science (Applied Geology), Bachelor of Science (Environmental Biology) or any previous version |
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. |
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
Field of Education: | 010103 Statistics |
Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
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2013 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y |
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