January-April 2012
Instructor: Dr. Darren Irwin (web site, email). Office hours: Tuesdays 11-12, and Fridays 3:30-4:30, Biodiversity 209.
TAs:
- Jessica McKenzie, lab coordinator; email: mckenzie at zoology.ubc.ca; office hours: Wednesdays 9:30-11:00 AM, room 4329 BioSciences.
- Marc Delepine, lab coordinator; email: delepine at zoology.ubc.ca; office hours: Wednesdays 3:00-4:30 PM, just outside of room 3244 in BioSciences.
- Rebecca Kordas; email: kordas at zoology.ubc.ca; office hours: Thursdays 10:00-11:30, room 224 of Biodiversity Research Centre.
- Jocelyn Nelson; email: nelson at zoology.ubc.ca; office hours: Mondays 12:15-1:45 PM, 1st floor atrium of Biodiversity Research Centre.
- Laura Tremblay-Boyer; email: l.boyer at fisheries.ubc.ca; office hours: Tuesdays 11:00 AM-12:30 PM, AERL 219.
Lectures: MWF 2-3 p.m., Hennings 200
Labs: BioSciences 2078, starting second week of term (Jan. 9-13). Click here for the lab schedule. Lab sections and TAs:
- L21: Mon 12-2 PM (Laura Tremblay-Boyer) Homework box: in BioSciences 2078 (same room as computer lab), near door.
- L22: Tue 8-10 AM (Rebecca Kordas) Homework box: in BioSciences 2078 (same room as computer lab), near door.
- L23: Tue 2-4 PM (Laura Tremblay-Boyer) Homework box: in BioSciences 2078 (same room as computer lab), near door.
- L24: Wed 11 AM - 1 PM (Jessica McKenzie) Homework box: hallway outside of BioSciences 4329.
- L25: Wed 9-11 AM (Jocelyn Nelson) Homework box: in BioSciences 2078 (same room as computer lab), near door.
- L26: Thu 8-10 AM (Rebecca Kordas) Homework box: in BioSciences 2078 (same room as computer lab), near door.
- L27: Thu 2-4 PM (Marc Delepine) Homework box: hallway outside of BioSciences 3244.
- L28: Fri 12-2 PM (Jocelyn Nelson) Homework box: in BioSciences 2078 (same room as computer lab), near door.
Announcements:
- Homework 6 (due Feb. 17, at noon in your TA's box): Chapter 9, questions 13, 16, 19, 20b.
- The lecture PDFs for chapters 1-10 have been posted on the Overheads page (see below).
Course Materials (links to be added later)
- Overheads from lectures (for convenience only -- lectures may change).
- The textbook (The Analysis of Biological Data, by Whitlock and Schluter) is available for purchase at the UBC bookstore or online. Note, the book is cheaper online than at the UBC bookstore (also at Amazon.ca), but allow two weeks for it to arrive. In the meantime, the first three chapters are available online: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and Chapter 3.). You should read each chapter just before we cover it in lecture (see the Overheads page).
- Lab manual, available 1) starting the first week of class at Copiesmart in the UBC Village, for about $10, or 2) online as a PDF. Labs begin the second week of term. Click here for the lab schedule.
- JMP-IN software that is available for you to use on lab computers is also available for students in the class (an email was sent to students about this .
- Formulae sheet
- Stats tables (also in the back of the text.)
- Guidelines on how to write a lab report.
Assignments (and answers, later). Due on Fridays at noon (12 PM) in your TA's box.
- Homework 1 (due Jan. 13): Chapter 1, questions 10, 12, 14, 17. (answers)
- Homework 2 (due Jan. 20): Chapter 2, questions 16a-d (not e), 22, 24; Chapter 3, questions 12a-c, 14a-d. (answers)
- Homework 3 due Jan. 27): Chapter 4, questions 8a-c, 9, 10; Chapter 5, questions 17, 21, 26. (answers)
- Homework 4 (due Feb. 3): Chapter 6, questions 11, 15, 16, 17. (answers)
- Homework 5 (due Feb. 10): Chapter 7, questions 14, 19, 23; Chapter 8, questions 12, 13, 18. (For question 12, you only need to use the tables, not the computer.) (answers)
- Homework 6 (due Feb. 17): Chapter 9, questions 13, 16, 19, 20b.
Practice and Review Materials
- Answers to practice problems are in the back of the book.
- Four old midterms written by Mike Whitlock, with answers: One, two, three, four (Typo: The Ne in the answer to question 5 should be a P.)
- Sample questions and answers (for final exam) (Skip Q4)
- More questions and answers (for final exam)
- Example questions to practice: "What test do I use?" (Save for preparation for final exam.)
Tests and Grading
- Mid-term exam: February 29, in class.
- Final exam: time and place to be announced. The final exam will cover material from the whole course. It will last 2.5 hours.
- The course grade will be calculated as follows:
Homework 15% Lab assignments 10% Mid-term 30% Final 45%
Policies
- Your performance on the exams is expected to reflect your own work, not that of other people. University policy dictates stern penalties for those who copy the work of others or allow their own work to be copied. On assignments, it is acceptable to work in groups, but it is not acceptable to copy another's work or allow your work to be copied.
- If you miss the midterm with a legitimate excuse (either by pre-arrangement or an acceptable medical emergency with doctor's note), no make-up midterm will be offered. The final exam grade will be used in place of the midterm in the final grade assessment, after adjustment to take into account the relative difficulty of the midterm and final.