2016/17 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
BLGY2192 Experimental Design and Analysis
10 creditsClass Size: 200
Module manager: Dr Leslie Firbank
Email: L.Firbank@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2016/17
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to design good experiments for field and laboratory use and use SPSS to use a wide variety of statistical techniques for the analysis and presentation of complex multifactorial datasets.Skills outcomes
- Team working
- problem solving
- data analysis and interpretation
- scientific reporting
- quality assurance
Syllabus
The course will consolidate existing techniques of level 1, including the use of simple non-parametric statistics such as Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon's test and Spearman Rank. This will be extended to data management, Two-factor ANOVA with interaction terms, ANCOVA, Box and Whisker plots and other visualisations, alternative data transformations, simple multivariate analysis, and experimental design.
This will be taught within the context of experimental conduct, data interpretation and scientific reporting.
Students will be introduced to new developments in informatics.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 13 | 1.00 | 13.00 |
| Practical | 5 | 1.50 | 7.50 |
| Private study hours | 79.50 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 20.50 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Private study
- 40 hours: working on exercises in own time (5 x 8 hours)- 39.5 hours: revision and background reading.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Computer based report: individual reports on data analysis problem introduced in week 3, all information presented in week 6. Students can work together to undertake statistical analysis, but the actual reports are individual. Feedback via VLE.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Report | computer based report to undertake statistical analysis and individual write-up | 35.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 35.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr 00 mins | 65.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 65.00 | |
Past exam papers can be found on-line at the Examinations section of Student Services.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 19/12/2017
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