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BIOL235: Biostatistics
This unit is designed to extend the basic statistical methods developed in STAT170 Introductory Statistics and STAT171 Statistical Data Analysis. Topics include one-way and two-way analyses of variance; nested analyses of variance; multiple comparisons; simple linear regression; multiple regression; and an introduction to logistic regression. The design aspects of the methods given are emphasised. Use is made of the statistical package, Minitab. Students who may wish to do Honours are advised to include this unit in their program.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 4 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (Session Dates: 3-4 September; 15-16 October; 5 November) |
| Staff Contact(s): | Mr Stephen Brown |
| Prerequisites: |
(6cp(P) in BIOL or ENV or ENVE or ENVG or GEOS units) and (STAT170(P) or STAT171(P)) |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCW(s): | STAT270, STAT271, PSY222, PSY248, ECON232 |
| Unit Designation(s): | |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Biological Sciences |
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