PřF:B5040 Biostatistics - Course Information

B5040 Biostatistics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 1999

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Ladislav Dušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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Prerequisites

None - basic course.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Syllabus

Introduction to statistics, testing of hypotheses.
Tables of distribution functions. Sampling from biological populations, data processing.
Introduction to sampling design. Continuous, ordinal and nominal data in biology.
Distribution of continuous and bivariate variables - testing of hypotheses, graphical methods.
Application of binomial and Poisson distribution in biology.
One sample testing: sample mean, median, standard deviation, variance, binomial p and Poisson constant.
Two sample testing. Experimental design - randomized and blocked. Parametric and non - parametric methods.
Application of goodness-of-fit test in biology, analysis of R x C contingency tables, discrimination of categorical data.
Measures of similarity in ecology (covariance, correlation coefficients, similarity coefficients).
Analysis of variance (ANOVA): one-way and two-way model.
Simple linear regression. Linear regression. Introduction to multivariate linear regression.
Experimental design: one-way and two-way models; factorial design, randomized blocks. Laboratory and field trials. Nested design of ANOVA in genetics and ecology. Non - parametric ANOVA.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001.