BIOL 242
Spring 2025
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01
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| Crosslisting:
BIOL 542, E&ES 270, E&ES 570, ENVS 242 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Applied Data Science Certificate |
This course offers an applied approach to statistics used in the biological, environmental, and earth sciences. Statistics will be taught from a geometric perspective so that students can more easily understand the derivations of formulae. We will learn about deduction and hypothesis testing as well as the assumptions that methods make and how violations affect applied outcomes. Emphasis will be on analysis of data, and there will be many problem sets to solve to help students become fluent with the methods. The course will focus on data and methods for continuous variables. In addition to basic statistics, we will cover regression, ANOVA, and contingency tables. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NSM BIOL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (BIOL)(CADS)(DATA-MN)(ENVS-MN)(ENVS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: CQC |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore No required text. This text will be on reserve for reference. Sokal, R. R. and F. J. Rohlf. 2012. Biometry. Fourth Edition. Freeman and Co. ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-8604-7
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Examinations and Assignments:
3 exams plus a final. Weekly homework assignments. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Access to a computer with Excel and a personal calculator. |
| Instructor(s): Chernoff,Barry Times: .M.W... 09:50AM-10:40AM; .....F. 09:50AM-10:40AM; Location: SCIE58; SCIE184; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 50 | | SR major: 13 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: 19 | GRAD: 7 | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 10 | FR: 0 |
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