ENV 515 Research Design & Data Analysis

Prerequisites: ENV 505, completion of 15 credits of required courses in the ENV program and at least a 3.0 Grade Point Average, or permission of the instructor. Introduces computational techniques of multiple linear regression, logistic regression, chi-square, and nonparametric multivariate analysis. Methods to optimize study design are stressed. Extensive use of a statistical software package will be used. The ability to develop and critically evaluate research proposals in environmental biology will be developed.