STAT 255

Statistics for Life Sciences I

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

Descriptive statistics; probability; random variables and probability distributions; expectation; binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions; random sampling and sampling distributions; point and interval estimation; classical hypothesis testing and significance testing. Statistical examples and applications from life sciences will be emphasized.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 255, 250, 252, 254, 260. See Credit Limit.

- Intended primarily for students in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biology, Environmental Studies combined with a Science discipline, Kinesiology, and Combined Computer Science and Health Information Science.

Prerequisites: 1.5 units of MATH courses numbered 100 or higher.

Undergraduate course in Statistics offered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the Faculty of Science.