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REN R 480 - Applied Statistics for Environmental Sciences

Course Career Undergraduate
Units 3
Approved Hours 3-0-1.5
Fee index 6
Faculty Agric, Life & Environ Sciences
Department Renewable Resources
Typically Offered first term

Description
Focuses on problem formulation, method selection, and interpretation of statistical analysis. Covers data management and data visualization, statistical tests for parametric, non-parametric and binomial data, linear and non-linear regression approaches. Participants will gain general statistical literacy and learn how to visualize and analyze data with open-source software packages. Prerequisite: 60 units. 3 units in introductory statistics recommended.