BIOL2300 · Biology

Biostatistics

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

This course will introduce students to the basic statistical techniques that are used in conducting biological and medical research. Main topics covered include descriptive statistics (averages, variability), probability and probability distributions (basic probability theory and how distributions are used in inference), statistical inference (parametric and non-parametric tests); and relationships between variables (correlation and linear). Students will become familiar with a standard statistical analyses using the software package R.