BIOL 405: Elementary Biostatistics

This is the homepage for Elementary Biostatistics. Each week there will be an assignment due. Turning in that assignment will consist of submitting (via Blackboard) a copy of the Excel spreadsheet that you used, and a Word document with the questions asked as part of the assignment, and the answers that you provide. The assignments given each week are intended to develop skills and concepts that you will be asked to apply in future assignments, so do take the time to work through all of the explanations, and take notes, rather than skipping from one instruction to the next.

All assignments are due at 5 pm, one week after they are assigned. If you need help working through a particular assignment, I will be available Monday, Wednesday and Friday for in-person help, but also can be reached at any time by e-mail (see link below).

Table of Contents

Course Syllabus

COURSE GUIDELINES: Be sure to read these before beginning the assignments!

Week 1: Working with Excel

Week 2: Data, Samples, and Frequency Distributions

Week 3: Descriptive Statistics

Week 4: Probability and Probability Distributions

Week 5: The Normal and χ2 Distributions

Week 6: Inferential Statistics: Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

Week 7: Single-sample and 2-sample t-Tests

Week 8: Single-factor ANOVA and Multiple Comparisons

Week 9: Two-factor ANOVA

Week 10: Least-squares Linear Regression

Week 11: Data Transformation for Linear Regression

Week 12: Pearson's Product-Moment Correlation

Week 13: Analysis of Frequencies

Week 14: Null Models and Monte Carlo Simulations

THE FINAL ASSIGNMENT!





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