Bio 100: Introduction to Scientific Analysis

 

Lecture: Fri 8:00-8:50 am (other instructors teach other sections)
Activity: Thurs 9:00-10:50 am, 11-12:50, 100-2:50 (other instructors teach other sections)
Lab: no lab
Prerequisite: Bio 1, Bio 2, Stat 1 (or instructor permission)
Scheduling: Every semester, next offered Spring 2015
Units: 2
Website: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/c/colemanr/courses/bio100/bio100.html

Syllabus: WordPerfect document PDF Word html updated for Fall 2015

 

Catalog description:

BIO 100. Introduction to Scientific Analysis. The following concepts are addressed in this course: Anatomy of scientific literature, reading and writing scientific papers, proper citation formats, basic interpretation of tables and figures, graphical analysis, basic statistical analysis, experimental design to effectively test a hypothesis, effective presentation of an experiment. Lecture one hour. Activity two hours.
Prerequisite: BIO 1, BIO 2, and STAT 1.

Text: Ambrose, H.W. III, K.P. Ambrose, D.J. Emlen, and K.L. Bright (2007) A Handbook of Biological Investigation. Seventh Edition. Hunter Textbooks, Winston-Salem, North Carolina ISBN: 0-88725-331-8. REQUIRED

 

 

 

 

 

Term Paper

Handout, updated for Fall 2015

Sample term paper proposal

Topic	Handouts	Video Tutorial (these are large files and take awhile to load)	Sample Output
Basic Spreadsheet in Excel	wpd pdf		Excel spreadsheet
Graphing Using Excel	wpd pdf		Excel spreadsheet

 

 

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