Biology 300 (Biometrics)

Course Information for Term 01-W (September 2004)

Notice: Credit will be given for only one of the following courses:

If you have taken one of these alternate courses, then you may still need to replace BIOL 300 with another Biology 3xx or 4xx elective.

• shirley@zoology.ubc.ca
• Office: Room 100F Hut-B8
• Phone: N/A
• Office Hours: Tuesday 9:30am - 12:30pm (or by appointment)

• Laura Prugh
  
• Office: Room 113J Hut B8 
• Office Hours:  Wed 11am-1pm , Week of Nov. 1-5: Tues 9:30am-11:30am

• Xiang Zhu  Office Hours: Mon 2-4pm, Hut B8 room 110C
• Karim Soto    Office Hours: Wed 1-2pm, 4-5pm, Hut B3 room 10
• Cort Griswold   Office Hours:Thurs.1:15-3:15, Hut B8 room 120M, Week of Nov. 15-19: Cort away - see Susan or Laura
• Anthony Waldron   Office Hours:Mon 2-4, Hut B3 room 7
• Assignments to labs:
  
  

  Times	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
  11:00 (9:00 on Tues, Thurs)	L01 Cort	L03 Xiang	L04 Xiang	L06 Karim	L07 Anthony
  2:00	L02 Cort		L05 Karim		L08 Anthony

• Zar, J. H. 1999. Biostatistical Analysis. 4th edition. [The 3rd edition will do just fine.]
• Sections of Zar (1999) and other resources corresponding to lecture material

• Computer lab information
  
  

• The bookstore sells copies of JMP IN the statistical program used in the computer lab portion of this course. This is an inexpensive student version of JMP, a more pricey statistical package used by many practicing scientists. JMP IN has almost all the capabilities of full JMP (it is missing a few things we will not need, like cluster analysis). JMP IN also comes with a great manual that is a useful teaching aid on its own. Buying JMP IN is not required but will help you a lot.

• One per week
• Copies of answer sheets can be downloaded from the main course page after the submission deadline has passed.

• Assignments 15%
• Midterm 30% ** . Thursday, October 28, 2004 **
• Lab exam 10%
• Final exam 45%

• Students who fail to hand in an assignment or miss the midterm because of short-term medical, emotional or other problems should contact the instructor as soon as possible. The missing grade will be determined by the score obtained on the final exam.
• In cases of missing exams and assignments resulting from long-term medical, emotional or other problems, students should request Academic Concession as soon as possible.
• In all other cases, failure to write the midterm exam, lab exam, or to hand in assignments on time will result in a zero grade for the corresponding portion of the mark.
• Students who miss the final examination because of medical, emotional or other problems should follow the procedures for requesting Academic Concession as soon as possible.
• Where there is a suspicion of plagarism of assignments, exams or any other course material, students will be directed to the Dean's office. Plagarism may result in failure of the course or suspension from UBC.  For more information on what constitutes plagarism, consult http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/bio1/.

• Absolutely essential
• If solar, ensure that yours works under room light conditions (i.e., final exam conditions)
• Any calculator is allowed during exams provided that it not store definitions

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