Innholdsfortegnelse

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

Undervisningsspråk

Norsk eller engelsk

Læringsutbytte

After completing the course, the students will
  • have a good understanding of study design
  • have basic skills in statistical programming in the R language
  • be familiar with data wrangling and graphical data exploration techniques
  • be familiar with linear models and their extensions
  • be familiar with different types of model selection

Innhold

This course will introduce the students to working with real-life data common and statistical methods used in evolution and ecology. The course focuses on developing robust and repeatable workflows for data wrangling, data visualisation and statistical analysis. The students will get an introduction to basic linear models, mode selection and more advanced methods such as Generalised Linear Models and Mixed Models. Throughout the course students will use the programming language R, the RStudio package, and Git.

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Classes will be a mixture of lectures and practicals designed to build required skills for future modules and to perform analyses frequently encountered in the biological literature. Instruction will be given in English. More information will be given in Canvas at the start of the course. The estimated student workload in this course is 135 hours. 

Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen

Approval of reports from all computer laboratory exercises. More information about the reports and exercises is given in Canvas by the start of the course.

Eksamen

Portfolio. Graded assessment A-F. More information will be given in Canvas at the start of the course.

Studentevaluering

Emneansvarlig i samråd med studenttillitsvalgt fastsetter evalueringsform og om emnene skal ha midtveis- eller sluttevaluering, jf. kvalitetssystemet kapittel 4.1. Informasjon om evalueringsform for emnet publiseres i Canvas.

Tilbys som enkeltemne

Ja. Med forbehold om ledig plass/kapasitet.

Reduksjon i studiepoeng

Innholdet i dette emnet dekkes helt eller delvis av annet emne. Tas ett av disse emnene i tillegg, reduseres studiepoengene som følger:

Emne Studiepoengreduksjon
BIO603 – Statistics in Ecological Studies. 5
BIO415 – Study Design, Data Analysis, and Reproducible Science. 5
Sist hentet fra FS (Felles studentsystem) 15. okt. 2026 13:07:46