Statistics; Theory and Application in Biology

Aim

The students shall understand and use basic probability theory and statistics. The theory and methods are primarily focused on such that apply in biology. By the end of the course the student should be able to:

• Explain basic statistical concepts, such as population, sample, significance level and confidence interval.
• Choose designs and statistical models for basic types of experiments in which the outcome is influenced by random variation.
• Apply statistical software packages for descriptive analyses of the collected data and inference about populations, treatment effects and relationships between variables.
• Articulate and critically assess the conclusions from a statistical analysis

Content

The course treats basic methods to describe and analyze data from biological experiments. Descriptive statistics. Regression analysis. One- and two-way ANOVA. Non parametric tests. Experimental design.