ZL5003:03
Biometrics
| Townsville, Cairns | HECS Band 2 |
36 hours lectures, 26 hours tutorials. Semester 1.
Available to students enrolled for the degrees of MSc; a two semester customised GradDipResMeth (in lieu of Masters Qual); MAppSc; BAppSc or Graduate Diplomas.
Staff: Dr S Robson (Townsville campus), Dr J Seymour (Cairns campus).
A graduate-level subject covering such topics as: experimental and survey designs for biologists; data collection, analysis and graphical presentation, descriptive statistics; hypothesis testing; ANOVA designs, correlation and regression techniques; introduction to multivariate methods; analysis of frequency distributions; non-parametric equivalents and the use of appropriate computer software packages for biological data management and analysis (SPSS). Students will normally be required to attend BS2001 (Townsville), BZ2400 (Cairns) lectures and tutorials.
Learning Objectives:
- to develop skills in selecting and applying appropriate analytical methods to biological and ecological data;
- to develop the necessary computer skills for data management, analysis and graphical presentation;
- to develop skills in the design, execution and reporting of biological and ecological experiments and survey programs.
Assessment by weekly tutorial assignments (30%); one mid-term examination (10%); one final examination (30%); one assignment (30%).