2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog

BIOL 302 Biostatistics

Advances in biology have pushed the development of statistical methods and depended on those methods for decades. Biostatistics focuses on three core areas: 1) general statistical concepts; 2) correct use and interpretation of statistical methods commonly used in biological sciences; and 3) basic familiarity with the R statistical software language, which has become an important tool in dealing with many kinds of data, including genetic data.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MATH 106

Offered

Spring semester of odd calendar years

Notes

Meets the general education quantitative reasoning requirement.