BIOL 283 Lecture Summaries
Bear in mind that these files should be taken as guidelines for review and study.  They are in no way a comprehensive presentation of the range of information for which you are responsible.  Nevertheless, they may help you sort throughthe information in your notes and give you a perspective about which details are important vs. incidental.

The Nature of Science and Statistics, Natural vs. Systematic Variation
Populations, Samples and Error
Simple Random Samples
Types of Data
Descriptive Statistics: Central Tendency
Descriptive Statistics: Variation
Basic Probability

Binomial Distribution
Poisson Distribution
Normal Distribution
z Scores
Hypothesis Testing
Sampling Distributions
Central Limit Theorem
Confidence Limits and the t Distribution
Type I and Type II Errors
Degrees of Freedom and Multiple Tests

One-Sample t Test
Independent and Paired Sample t Tests
Rationale of ANOVA
Completely Randomized Designs
Factorial ANOVA
Nonparametric Alternatives I
Nonparametric Alternatives II

Correlation vs. Regression
Correlation Analysis
Least Squares Regression
Predictability, Significance and Strength
Analysis of Covariance
 
Comparing Observed and Expected Distributions
Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test
Chi-Square Contingency Test
Ch--Square Test of Association
Monte Carlo Randomization