Core Details
| Lecturer in Charge | Dr Gwen Allardice |
|---|---|
| Semester | 2 |
| Credits | 10 |
Compulsory for Students
This class is compulsory for Honours Bioscience students.
Optional for Students
This class is optional for Pass Degree Bioscience students.
Essential Prerequisites
SCE Higher Mathematics.
General Aims
To introduce students to fundamental concepts of statistics as applied to biological sciences.
Syllabus
There are 6 main modules to the course:-
- Using graphs/charts
- Summarising data
- Regression and correlation
- Probability
- Probability models
- Hypothesis testing.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this class, the student should be:
- familiar with types of data and appropriate use of graphs/charts
- familiar with concepts such as mean, median, variance and standard deviation
- able to use correlation and linear regression
- able to understand the basic laws of probability
- able to recognise and use the Normal, Binomial and Poisson Distributions
- able to understand and to carry out hypothesis testing.
Method of Assessment
1.5 hr examination in May.
Reading List
-
Teach Yourself Statistics (2nd Ed)
Graham A
Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 0340859725 -
A Basic Course in Statistics (5th Ed.)
Clarke GM and Cooke D
Edward Arnold
ISBN: 0340814063