BZ2001 - Quantitative Methods in Biology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
An introduction to experimental and survey design and analysis. Topics include the principles of ecological and biological sampling design; hypothesis generation for ecological and biological experiments; collection of biological and ecological data; manipulations and interpretation of biological and ecological data; statistical methods used in biology and ecology; and the production of biological and ecological reports.
Learning Outcomes
- to develop skills in selecting and applying appropriate analytical methods to biological and ecological data;
- to develop skills in the design, execution and reporting of biological and ecological experiments and survey programs;
- to develop the necessary computer skills for data management, analysis and graphical presentation.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
- The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students enrolling in this subject should have a good understanding of level 1 science, including at least two level 1 subjects. |
| Prerequisites: | 6 credit points of level 1 subjects |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | BS2001 BS5001 BZ5001 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Simon Robson |
| Lecturers: | Dr Will Edwards, Empro Rhondda Jones, Professor Ross Alford, Assoc. Professor Simon Robson. |
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| Assessment: | tutorial exams (50%); field assignments (30%); lecture exams (20%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Will Edwards. |
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| Assessment: | tutorial exams (50%); field assignments (30%); lecture exams (20%). |
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