STAT 3616 - Biological Statistics II
Undergraduate service course, Virginia Tech Department of Statistics, 2024
Undergraduate introductory statistics course covering analysis of variance, categorical data analysis, non-parametric tests, simple linear regression, multiple regression, and logistic regression with applications in biological sciences. Biweekly 75-minute lectures (71 students). Taught in Fall 2024.
Course Objectives: Students will learn to apply basic concepts of statistical analysis with a focus on statistical thinking and interpretation. Students will be able to perform the analyses using R.
Textbooks:
Introductory Statistics for the Life and Biomedical Sciences, 1st Edition, by Julie Vu and David Harrington.
The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences, (any edition), by Brigitte Baldi and David Moore. ISBN-13: 978-1-4641-7536-7 and ISBN-10: 1-4641-7536-5