Course Description and Policies

Course Title

Statistics for the Life Sciences (Stat 201)

Description

• A general statistics course intended for a non-mathematical audience and students who have NOT taken Stat 101, 102, 103, 203, 270, 301 or higher level statistics courses.
• Provides basic training in critical thinking via statistical concepts and a statistician's way of understanding the world.
• Emphasis on problem formulation, interpretations, and rationale.
• Also see here.
  

Text

Mind on Statistics, by Jessica Utts and Robert F. Heckard.

Course Instructor

Grace Chiu, Ph.D.
(PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow)

Office: EAA 2030                                phone: TBA                        e-mail: grace@pims.math.ca

Office hours: W 2:30-3:30pm; F 12:20-1:20pm

Lectures

MWF 1:30-2:20pm in C 9001

Tutorial Help

Available from the Statistics Workshop. Click here for the updated Workshop timetable.

Note: If you ever have concerns regarding TA help from the Workshop (e.g. hours, competence, ...), you may forward them to the Lab Instructor, Mr. Robin Insley.

Course Grade

Remarks

• Lectures are recorded and available from the Library Reserves. It is YOUR responsibility to catch up if you miss a lecture. I do NOT keep class notes myself, so you won't be able to borrow them from me!
• There are occasional computing exercises (quizzable) which may be done in any of the following labs: Statistics Workshop, PC Assignment Lab, various Macintosh Labs. Instructions will be available via the HW links.
• Marked quizzes must be picked up from the Statistics Workshop. It is your responsibility to discuss them with the Workshop Instructor or myself (during my office hours only).
• Marked midterms will be returned and discussed in class.