Department of Statistics

Recent Instructors Storlie, C Weems, K	ST 511	Experimental Statistics for the Biological Sciences I
	Course Description This course in intended to give students a background in the methods of statistical analysis that will assist them in analysis of data generated from research in the biological sciences. Students will learn several methods of summarizing and describing data, in addition to techniques for using sample data to make inferences about a larger population. Course Syllabus Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics Random Variables and Probability Distributions Inference for the Population Mean Inference for Comparision of Two Means ANOVA Multiple Comparisions Categorial Data Linear Regression Correlation Course Prerequisites None Course Corequisites None Recent Textbooks An Introduction to Statistical Methods and Data Analysis, 5th ed, by R.L. Ott and M. Longnecker, Duxbury (Wadsworth), 2001 (ISBN 0-534-25122-6)