Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science Simon Fraser University

Author: Carl James Schwarz  P.Stat. Phone: 778.782.3376 Office: K 10559     Office Hours Professional Statistician (P.Stat.)         More information on Accreditation of Statisticians in Canada

Stat-650 - Quantitative Methods for Resource Managers and Field Biologists
Stat-403 - Intermediate Sampling and Experimental Design

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The goals of this course are to:

• Learn how to design and analyse obervational and experimental data using common statistical tools such a survey sampling, experimental design and analysis, and categorical (chi-square) analyses. The topics of regression, logisitic regression, and poisson regression were covered in Stat-302.

  This course is orientated towards examples in the biological sciences, but should be accessible to all users.

• Enjoy the subject of statistics rather than dreading it.

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