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Instructor: Dr. R. Brandon Pratt
Syllabus
Proposal Guidelines
How to write a paper
Old Exam 1
Old Exam 2
Textbooks
Hinds, D. S., and Kolb,
K. J. Research Design and Analysis.
Hofman, A.H. 2010. Scientific Writing and Communication:
Papers, Proposals, and Presentations. Oxford University Press, New
York, 682p.
Lecture Schedule
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Date |
Day |
Week |
Topic |
Text
Reading |
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1-7 |
M |
1 |
Asking
Questions in Biology; Displaying Data |
Ch 1 |
|
1-9 |
W |
1 |
Basics
of Experimental Design |
Ch 2 |
|
1-14 |
M |
2 |
Basics
of Experimental Design |
Ch 2, 3 |
|
1-16 |
W |
2 |
Descriptive Statistics |
Ch 3 |
|
1-21 |
M |
3 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no class) |
|
|
1-23 |
W |
3 |
Probability and Statistics |
Ch
4 |
|
1-28 |
M |
4 |
Hypothesis Testing |
Ch 5 |
|
1-30 |
W |
4 |
Test
1 |
|
|
2-4 |
M |
5 |
T-test |
Ch 6 |
|
2-6 |
W |
5 |
ANOVA |
Ch 7 |
|
2-11 |
M |
6 |
ANOVA |
Ch 7 |
|
2-13 |
M |
6 |
Post-hoc
testing |
Ch 9 |
|
2-18 |
M |
7 |
Two-way
ANOVA |
Ch 15 |
|
2-20 |
W |
7 |
Advanced
ANOVA Designs |
|
|
2-25 |
M |
8 |
Test
2 |
|
|
2-27 |
W |
8 |
Correlation & Regression |
Ch 13 |
|
3-4 |
M |
9 |
Correlation & Regression |
Ch 13 |
|
3-6 |
W |
9 |
Parametric Assumptions & Transformations |
Ch 14 |
|
3-11 |
M |
10 |
Non-Parametrics |
Ch 10 |
|
3-13 |
W |
10 |
Non-Parametrics |
Ch 11 |
|
3-18 |
M |
11 |
Chi-
Square (Final Report Due) |
Ch 12 |
|
3-20 |
W |
|
Final
Exam (2:00-4:30) |
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Laboratory Schedule
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Date |
Day |
Week |
Topic |
Readings1 |
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1-8 |
T |
1 |
Observing Nature: A Field Trip to The ESA |
Observing Nature |
|
1-10 |
R |
1 |
Spreadsheets/ Displaying Data |
|
|
1-11 |
F |
1 |
Writing |
Ch.
1-6; 19-26 |
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1-15 |
T |
2 |
Writing |
Ch.
1-6; 10-17 |
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1-17 |
R |
2 |
Describing Populations |
|
|
1-18 |
F |
2 |
Résumés
(Curriculum Vitae) |
Ch.
29 |
|
1-22 |
T |
3 |
Writing |
Ch.
1-6; 10-17 |
|
1-24 |
R |
3 |
Working
With Distributions |
|
|
1-25 |
F |
3 |
Writing
(Research Proposal Due) |
Ch.
10-17 |
|
1-29 |
T |
4 |
Confidence Limits |
|
|
1-31 |
R |
4 |
Projects |
|
|
2-1 |
F |
4 |
Projects |
|
|
2-5 |
T |
5 |
1-Sample
and 2-Sample Tests |
|
|
2-7 |
R |
5 |
ANOVA |
|
|
2-8 |
F |
5 |
Projects |
|
|
2-12 |
T |
6 |
ANOVA |
|
|
2-14 |
R |
6 |
ANOVA |
|
|
2-15 |
F |
6 |
Projects |
|
|
2-19 |
T |
7 |
ANOVA |
|
|
2-21 |
R |
7 |
ANOVA/
Projects |
Data set |
|
2-22 |
F |
7 |
Projects |
|
|
2-26 |
T |
8 |
Projects |
|
|
2-28 |
R |
8 |
Correlation & Regression |
|
|
3-1 |
F |
8 |
Projects |
|
|
3-5 |
T |
9 |
Correlation & Regression |
|
|
3-7 |
R |
9 |
Testing
Parametric Assumptions |
Data
set |
|
3-8 |
F |
9 |
Projects |
|
|
3-12 |
T |
10 |
Non-Parametrics
|
|
|
3-14 |
R |
10 |
Posters |
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|
3-15 |
F |
10 |
Talks |
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1.
These readings are from
Hofman, A.H. 2010. Scientific Writing and
Communication:
Papers, Proposals, and Presentations. Oxford University
Press, New
York, 682p.
Templates for Excel statistical analyses:
Descriptive stats & t-test:
Download
A range of tests:
Download
Excel ANOVA template:
Download
Excel Regression:
Download
Chisqr:
Download 1 Download 2
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