A major component of the unit BIO4200 (Advanced Data Analysis in Biology) is the statistical analysis of biological data. The design of experiments and sampling programs and the analysis and interpretation of resulting data are fundamental skills that any professional biologist must possess. We assume that students enrolling in BIO3011 already have covered basic statistical topics in previous units, hence the prerequisites. For students who have not done an introductory statistics unit or SCI1020, or those who wish to revise and update their knowledge, we recommend that you study the series of tutorials provided on this page
The tutorials consists of interactive introductions to and revisions of basic biostatistics concepts and they are available in both PDF (screen and print versions) and FLASH formats. Click on the links provided to view the files.
The content of these tutorials (in addition to the additional reading materials below) represents the level of statistical knowledge we expect of students starting BIO3011 and most of the material would have been covered in the pre-requisite subjects STA1010 or SCI1020 or their equivalents. We suggest you work through the topics in the given order. This material (tutorials and readings) is also the basis of Worksheet 2 that will be used in the computer lab practicals in weeks 1 - 2. Note that for BIO4200, it is expected that you are familar with the concepts presented in the BIO3011 unit.