This unit consists of two modules. Module 1 is the same for all students, but for Module 2, students select the option most relevant to their research project needs. Module 1 starts by considering the kinds of questions asked in the natural and agricultural sciences, and the types of data needed to address them. Within this biological context, Module 1 covers development of clear hypotheses or questions, design of experiments or surveys to address these questions, and introduces the statistical software program R as a powerful tool for managing, presenting, and analysing biological, environmental and economic data. There is a broad overview of some of the analysis methods likely to be of... -- Course Website
Instructor: Assistant Professor James Fogarty
Prerequisites: any Level 1 STAT unit or STAT2210 Biometrics 1 or SCIE1104 Science, Society and Data Analysis or SCIE4401 Data Use in the Natural Sciences or equivalent or approval of unit coordinator
