Nov 23, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

PBIO 3150 - Statistical Methods in Plant Biology


Lecture: biostatistics and applications in the plant sciences; scientific method, hypothesis testing, and design of experiments; sampling, data analysis, regression and correlation, analysis of variance, and parametric and nonparametric statistics. Lab: Computer lab in data analysis, statistics, and graphics. 3 lec. 2 lab

Requisites: 15 Hours in PBIO
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to describe and display data.
  • Students will be able to formulate testable hypotheses.
  • Students will be able to develop experimental designs to test hypotheses.
  • Students will be able to analyze data with the appropriate statistical test and interpret the results.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate proficiency in R and RStudio, to analyze data and create graphs.


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