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=== | ===Feb 2. Introduction & tutorials for R/R studio=== | ||
=== | ===Feb 9. No class (Friday Schedule)=== | ||
=== | ===Feb 16. Introduction & tutorials for R/R studio=== | ||
=== | ==-Feb 23. Statistics & samples=== | ||
=== | ===March 1. Displaying data=== | ||
=== | ===March 8. Describing data; Exam 1.=== | ||
=== | ===March 15. Probability and hypothesis testing=== | ||
=== | ===March 22. Analysis of proportions=== | ||
=== | ===March 29. Analysis of frequencies=== | ||
=== | ===April 5. Contingency tests; Exam 2=== | ||
=== | ===April 12. Normal distribution and controls=== | ||
=== | ===April 19. Comparing two means=== | ||
=== | ===April 26. No Class (Spring break)=== | ||
=== | ===May 3. Designing experiments=== | ||
=== | ===May 10. Comparing more than two groups; Exam 3=== | ||
===May 17. Correlation analysis=== | |||
===May 24. Final Exam (Comprehensive)=== | |||
===May 31. Grades submitted to Registrar Office=== |
Revision as of 20:54, 25 January 2016
Course Description
With rapid accumulation of genome sequences and digitalized health data, biomedicine is becoming a data-intensive science. This course is a hands-on, computer-based workshop on how to visualize and analyze large quantities of biological data. The course introduces R, a modern statistical computing language and platform. Students will learn to use R to make scatter plots, bar plots, box plots, and other commonly used data-visualization techniques. The course will review statistical methods including hypothesis testing, analysis of frequencies, and correlation analysis. Student will apply these methods to the analysis of genomic and health data such as whole-genome gene expressions and SNP (single-nucleotide polymorphism) frequencies.
This 3-credit experimental course fulfills elective requirements for Biology Major I. Hunter pre-requisites are BIOL100, BIOL102 and STAT113.
Textbooks
- R Studio (Required): Learning RStudio for R Statistical Computing
- Digital textbook (Required): Data Analysis for the Life Sciences