BIOL 2300 Biostatistics
This course will introduce students to the basic statistical techniques that are used in conducting biological and medical research. Main topics covered include descriptive statistics (averages, variability), probability and probability distributions (basic probability theory and how distributions are used in inference), statistical inference (parametric and non-parametric tests); and relationships between variables (correlation and linear). Students will become familiar with a standard statistical analyses using the software package R.
Course overview
- Department
- Biology
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Fall,Every Spring
Requirements fulfilled
- Neuroscience B.S.: Computation (6 Credits) — Any one of the following courses (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Biology B.S.: Quantitative corequisite options (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Biology B.A.: Quantitative corequisites (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
Official evaluation summary
3.97 / 5
Data freshness
Instructors
- Jeffrey Dacosta
- Stacy Nguyen
- Mariane Helen De Oliveira
Sections
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 01