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BIOL 3112

Biostatistics

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2026

Topics

  • Tutorial (T)
  • L1 I'm a biologist/ecologist/
  • up to section
  • environmental scientist: what and 2.4.2
  • up to section 3.7
  • am I doing in a statistics class?
  • Introduction to R
  • L2 7 Correlation, linear (Model I) to section 5.3.14
  • section
  • regression
  • T1 (TA: Abby 9 Tutorial- getting comfortable
  • Sim) with R1, Correlation, Model I
  • L3 12 Model II regression, Multiple Section 5.3.14, to section
  • L4 14 Multiple regression to section 8.1.5
  • section 8.3
  • (continued), Single factor

Readings

  • Recommended: Experimental design and data analysis for biologists, First Edition. G. P. Quinn and M .J. Keough, 2002, First Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0 521 00976 6
  • Recommended: TUTORIALS: Fridays 8:30 am to 10:30 am, AT 3001
Winter 2019

Topics

  • R
  • correlation and regression
  • ANOVA, contrasts and experimental design
  • random and mixed effects
  • statistical power
  • ANCOVA
  • frequency and nonparametric tests
  • permutation and bootstrap methods
  • generalized linear models
  • model selection.

Readings

  • Recommended: Quinn and Keough, Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists (2002, Cambridge University Press). Additional readings are assigned for selected advanced topics.
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