BIO403 Statistics in Ecological Studies

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

• Kystsoneøkologi, masterprogram

Innhold

This course will introduce the students to working with real-life data common and statistical methods used in evolution and ecology. The course focuses on developing robust and repeatable workflows for data wrangling, data visualisation and statistical analysis. The students will get an introduction to basic linear models, mode selection and more advanced methods such as Generalised Linear Models and Mixed Models. Throughout the course students will use the programming language R, the RStudio package, and Git.

Læringsutbytte

After completing the course, the students will

• have a good understanding of study design

• be familiar with graphical data exploration techniques

• be able to perform analysis of variance and understand underlying assumptions

• Be familiar with linear models and model selection

• be familiar with parametric and non-parametric hypothesis testing

have acquired basic skills in statistical programming in the R language

Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen

Approval of reports from all computer laboratory exercises. More information about the reports and exercises is given in Canvas by the start of the course. 

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Classes will be a mixture of lectures and practicals designed to build required skills for future modules and to perform analyses frequently encountered in the biological literature. Instruction will be given in English. More information will be given in Canvas at the start of the course. The estimated student workload in this course is 135 hours. 

Studentevaluering

Studieprogramleder i samråd med studenttillitsvalgt fastsetter evalueringsform og om emnene skal ha midtveis- eller sluttevaluering, jf. kvalitetssystemet kapittel 4.1. Informasjon om evalueringsform for emnet publiseres i Canvas.

Eksamen

Portfolio. Graded assessment A-F. More information will be given in Canvas at the start of the course.