Statistics for Biologists
Schedule (pdf here ): We usually run the course two days a week for 7-8 weeks during October-December, with lectures in the mornings and exercises in the afternoons. Participants may need to spend some time for the exercises between scheduled events. For your planning, you will have access to the exercises in advance.
Content: Introduction to SPSS, binomial-, poisson- and normal distribution, descriptive statistics and graphs, hypotheses testing, t-test, ANOVAs, correlation, regression, multiple and non-linear regression, chi-square, G-tests, log-linear modelling, logistic regression and survival, discriminant, PCA and cluster analyses.
Examination: There will be a home assignment at the end of the course.
Credits: Completion of the course renders 7.5 ECTS.
Literature: Gerry P Quinn and Michael J Keough. 2002. Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists, Cambridge University Press.
Teachers:
Per-Erik Isberg (Dept. of Statistics), lectures
Jessica Abbott
(Evolutionary Ecology, course leader), exercises
Computers and software: For the exercises, we will use SPSS throughout. Computers (PC:s) will be available, but feel free to bring your own. To do all exercises, SPSS (ver. 12 or higher) with extra modules Advanced and Regression models is necessary.
Exercises: Get the files from www.teorekol.lu.se/statistics_for_biologists/
Enrollment and/or questions: Please e-mail questions and enrolment requests to Jessica.Abbott@biol.lu.se
Sidansvarig: Inger Ekström
Frågor om webbplatsen: Webbgruppen
Ansvarig enhet: Biologiska institutionen
Uppdaterad: 2012-03-12
Jessica Abbott
Forskare
Evolutionär ekologi
Tel:
0462223795
E-post:
Jessica.Abbott@biol.lu.se