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Biology 300 Course Information

Instructor: Gordon McIntyre

Office: Room 3502a
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00 - 6:50 p.m.
Phone: 604-827-4036 (has no voicemail though)
email: mcintyre@zoology.ubc.ca

Textbooks:

Required -Biostatistical Analysis, 5th edition. Jerrold H. Zar. 2010. Prentice-Hall. New Jersey.
This is the main text for the course. It can be a bit obscure at times but will serve you well for the course and as an invaluable reference for the future.
Recommended - JMPin, Version 4 or later. Windows or Mac Version. SAS Institute. 2004 or later. Duxbury Press. California.
This is the analysis program you will use in the lab. Unfortunately, the bookstore (or anyone else) is not currently able to get this program for you to purchase at a reasonable price. We'll rely on the versions (currently Version 9) stored on the statistics lab computers. A temporary site licence may also be possible. I'll let you know if we can arrange this at a later date.

Lecture:

Location: Biosciences Room 2000
Times: Tuesday and Thursday, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Lab:

Location: Biosciences Room 2078 (just west of the lecture hall)
Times:

Teaching Assistants:

Sarah Amundrud
Lab time: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Office Hours: Wednesday, 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
email: amundrud@zoology.ubc.ca

Matt Strimas-Mackey
Lab time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Office Hours: Wednesday, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
email: strimas@zoology.ubc.ca

Course Grading:

  1. 5% - Weekly Assignments (about 1.25% each)
  2. 20% - Lab Exam (Wednesday June 17)
  3. 25% - Midterm Exam (TBA)
  4. 50% - Final Exam (TBA - probably between June 22 and June 26)

Formula Sheet for Exams
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