Course Description

Biology 244a Analysis and Interpretation of Biological Data

(Given by the Department of Zoology.) Measurement, sampling, estimation, and statistical hypothesis testing are considered: theory, intuitive background, and practical relevance will be stressed.

Antirequisites: All other university level statistics courses including Statistical Sciences 135, 137a, 222a, 241a/b, the former Statistical Sciences 255, Psychology 281, and the former Statistical Sciences 138b, 232a. Statistical Sciences 024a/b is not an antirequisite.

Prerequisite: A full mathematics course or equivalent numbered 020 or above, excluding the former Applied Mathematics 022.

2 lecture hours, 3 laboratory hours, half course.

Note: This half course may be used to meet the statistics requirement in the B.Sc. Biology degree. It may NOT be used in any degree as a 200-level half course in Biology with a laboratory component.

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