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Valid for year : 2006
 
NMAB26 Statistics; Theory and Application in Biology, 7,5 ECTS credits.
/Statistik; teori och tillämpning i biologi/

For:   Bio  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 38
Rec. self-study hours: 162

  Area of Education: Sciences

Subject area: Mathematics

  Advancement level (A-D): B

Aim:
The students shall understand and use basic probability theory and statistics. The theory and methods are primarily focused on such that apply in biology

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Courses in biology on level A/B corresponding to at least 40 credit points. At least 20 credit points should be completed when this course starts

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
Lectures, seminars and compulsory computer sessions. Biological experiments for collecting data and applying statistical methods.

Course contents:
The course treats basic methods to analyze and describe data from biological experiments. Decriptive statitics. Simple regression. One- and twoway ANOVA. Non parametric tests. Experimental design.

Course literature:


Examination:
Hand-in exercises
5 p
 



Course language is .
Department offering the course: MAI.
Director of Studies: Lotta Hallberg
Examiner: Anders Grimvall
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Last updated: 09/19/2005