Experimental Methods in Biology

This course examines the nature of scientific inquiry; biological philosophy and classic biological experiments; the modern research problem; experimental design and analysis; interpretation of results; and presentation of results for publication. It involves searches in scientific journals and abstracts. Students must have knowledge of basic statistical methods. PREREQ: STAT 2126 or STAT 2246 or equivalent. (lec 3, lab/tut/sem 1) cr 3.