Biostatistics

At the end of the lectures in this course, students should be able to: 1. differentiate between continuous and discontinuous data; 2. explain sampling procedures in biology; 3. summarise and present biological data; 4. describe measures of central tendency and probability theory; and 5. conduct ANOVA, Chi-square, t-tests and F-tests and state their importance.

Variability in biological data: Continuous and discontinuous variables; statistical sampling procedures – observations and problems of estimation; Representation and summarisation of biological data; Frequency distribution; Measures of central tendency and dispersion; Probability theory; Normal, binomial and Poisson distribution; t-test, F-test and chi-square test, Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and covariance; Principles of experimental design; Correlation, linear and curvilinear regression; Transformation.