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BZ2400:03

Quantitative Biological Methods

Cairns

HECS Band 2

30 hours lectures, 24 hours tutorials, 12 hours workshops. Semester 1.

Staff:

Dr J Seymour.

Introduction to experimental and survey design; principles of ecological and biological sampling design; hypothesis generation for ecological and biological experiments; collection of biological and ecological data; manipulation and interpretation of biological and ecological data; statistical methods used in biology and ecology; production of biological and ecological reports.

Learning Objectives:

to develop skills in the design, execution, reporting and critique of biological and ecological experiments and survey programs;

to develop skills in selecting and applying appropriate analytical methods to biological and ecological data;

to familiarise students with appropriate data management and analytical software for biological and ecological data sets.

Assessment by examination (54%); experimental or survey assignments (36%); tutorial and workshop performance (10%).