Research Principles and Study Design in Biology

Undergraduate

Introduction to the logic and principles used to develop sound and efficient studies in the Biology: generating, testing, and discriminating among hypotheses; dealing with unwanted sources of variation; ; selecting and executing statistical analyses and evaluating their assumptions and appropriate choice of statistical analysis. Instruction in the use of selected network and personal computer software for data analysis and presentation. (Prerequisites: BIOL-2101, BIOL-2111, BIOM-2131, and STAT-2910, or consent of instructor.) (3 lecture, 2 laboratory/tutorial hours a week.)