BIOL 220 - Biostatistics

4 Credits

1 Units

Biostatistics is the application of statistical analyses to topics in the biological, medical, health, agricultural and environmental sciences. This course will focus on the design of experiments, collection and analysis of data, and interpretation of the results for the life and environmental sciences. Specific topics include: experimental design and sampling principles, types of error, sample size and power, graphical techniques for data display, descriptive statistics, probability, estimation, hypothesis testing, and statistical inference. Problem sets and in-class examples will utilize real world data from laboratory, clinical and field studies.

Prerequisite: ENVR 112 or MATH 170 or MATH 107 or ECON 156 OR BIOL 111
Credit Type Code: Letter Grade