? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : BIO-4-ZOqz

A course teaching quantitative and statistical skills required for the study of zoology and evolution. Specific topics include: inference, experimental design and hypothesis testing; assumption behind statistical models and choice of statistical tests; analysis of variance and covariance; general linear models; regression and multiple regression. There will be lectures, tutorials and computer lab sessions.

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer.

? Co-requisites : Animal Evolution

Home subject area

Zoology, (School of Biological Sciences, Schedule K)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 45 minutes per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 07/01/2008 14:00 17:00 Lecture Theatre 1, Ashworth Labs KB

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Monday 14:00 15:50 KB Lecture Monday 16:10 17:00 KB

Appropriate training in experimental design, data handling, analysis and interpretation Details to be provided later.

Intermittent assessment - Open Book class test, problem solving.

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Pat Dougall
Tel : (0131 6)50 5464
Email : pat.dougall@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Vernon French
Tel : (0131 6)50 5480
Email : Vernon.French@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/