Bio 458 Biometry                                                                     Spring  2005

S. C. Williams                                                                          URL: http://sfsu.blackboard.com

                                                                                                          http://online.sfsu.edu/~williams

 

Course Schedule

 

Date

 

Lecture  (lecture manual)

Laboratory     (lab number)

Feb 1

       3

Introduction (1)

Parameters

 

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Feb 8

     10

Statistics 1 (2)

Statistics 2 (2)

 

Populations & Samples (2)

Feb15

      17

Estimating & Reliability (5, 6)

Normal Curve & Reliability (3, 4)

 

Sampling (3)

Feb 22

       24

Tests of Significance (7)

C-test – sampling from single population (8)

 

Sampling Distributions (4)

Mar 1

       3

Group comparison t-test (9)

Group comparison t-test (9)

 

Sampling from a single population (5)

Mar 8

      10

Exam 1 (intro through C-test)

Pairing design t-test (10)

 

Group comparison t-tests (6)

Mar 15

       17

Intro to Analysis of variance (11)

Completely Randomized design F-test (11)

 

Pairing Design t-tests  (7)

Mar 22

       24

Holiday

Holiday

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Mar 29

       31

Multiple range analysis & mean resolution (11)

Holiday – Cesar Chavez day

 

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Apr   5

         7

Randomized Block Design F-test (13)

Problem Solving & project discussion (29)

 

Completely Randomized Design

   F-test (8)

Apr 12

       14

Regression Analysis (16)

Regression Analysis  (16)

 

Randomized Block  F-tests (9)

Apr 19

       21

Exam 2 (test of significance through F-tests

Tests for linearity & transformations

 

Project – set up (10)

Apr 26

       28

Correlation Analysis (18)

Non-parametric methods (19, 20, 21)

 

Regression Analysis (12)

May  3

         5

Chi-square & contingency tables (22,23)

Advising day – no class

 

Correlation Analysis (13)

May 10

        12

Project discussion, proportions, normality

Tests for variances, review (24-28)

 

Chi-square Analysis (14)

May 17

        19

Project Presentations

Project Presentations

 

Project Presentations

 

May 26

 

Final Exam 8:00 am