BIOSTATISTICS II (OCOR-5606; CRN:36401)

This is a basic course on the practical applications of descriptive and inferential statistics with emphasis on principles and methods of summarizing and analyzing biological data. It is designed for students who have never had a statistics course in college. Measures of central tendency, dispersion, and variability testing will be discussed along with basic concepts of probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and decision making. Topics will also include simple statistical tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA), linear regression, and correlation.

Lab Fee: $15
Limited to 35 students

Prerequisite: Biostatistics I or like-minded course

TEXT:
Moore, McCabe, and Craig (2009) Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 6th Ed. W.H. Freeman and Company, New York. ISBN-13:978-1-429-21622-7 Amazon link.

Instructor:	Dr. Eric Hochberg
	Assistant Professor
	Email: "Dr. Eric Hochberg" <eric.hochberg barney nova fred edu>

Meets: Mondays, 6:30-9:30pm
January 5-March 23, 2009
Forman Computer Lab