MAS1401 Statistical Methods

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MAS1401 Statistical Methods

• An Introduction to Statistical Methods used in
  the Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Lecturer Dr David Walshaw
• School of Mathematics and Statistics, Merz Court

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Course Arrangements

• Lectures Just one each week, Monday 10am, Bedson
  LT1.
• Computer Practical Classes One two-hour session
  in each even week.
• GROUPS
• Tuesday 9-11 Stephenson Tree PC
• Wednesday 9-11 Merz Oracle PC
• Thursday 9-11 Daysh Brae PC
• Friday 9-11 Daysh Brae PC
• Check with your degree programme office for your
  group!

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Assessment

• There is no exam for this course!!!
• Assessment 100 based on assignments set in the
  practical classes.
• There will be six assignments. Dont fall behind!
  

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Course Structure

• The course is run in fortnightly blocks, each
  ending in a practical session with a set
  assignment.
• The fortnightly blocks correspond to the six
  chapters in the course
• Chapter 1. Descriptive statistics
• Chapter 2. Studying Normal populations
• Chapter 3. Confidence intervals and hypothesis
  tests
• Chapter 4. Analysis of variation (ANOVA)
• Chapter 5. Studying non-Normal populations
• Chapter 6. Correlation and linear regression

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Course Notes

• PowerPoint presentations given in the lecture,
  then made available on the web.
• Fortnightly handouts summarizing the material
  from each chapter. Given out in lectures.
• Additional notes for you to take down in the
  lectures, and available only in the lectures.

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Study Methods

• We will analyse data using the computer package
  MINITAB.
• The emphasis will be on understanding the
  analysis and interpreting the results.
• Mathematics will be kept to a minimum!!

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• I dont use Blackboard.
• Materials for this course will be on the web
• http//www.mas.ncl.ac.uk/ndw/mas1401.htm