Environmental Analytical Methods
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Level Undergraduate
Area/Catalogue
ENVT 1016
Course Level
Undergraduate
Offered Externally
No
Course ID
105607
Unit Value
4.5
University-wide elective course
Yes
The 2025 timetable is
not yet available.
Course owner
UniSA STEM
To prepare the students for the design of research projects in ecological, geospatial, earth, and social sciences and train them in the analysis and presentation of data.
This applied course will introduce students to ethics in science, the scientific method, research design, and to statistical analyses in ecological, geospatial, earth, and social sciences. It will explain the value of statistics using relevant examples in these disciplines. Populations/samples/data will be defined, and students will learn how to describe samples and test hypotheses. Data analysis will include: tests on frequencies, comparing related and unrelated samples, social surveys, regression and correlation. In weekly lectures and practical sessions, the students will also learn to manipulate, analyse, present, and interpret data. Statistical and spreadsheet software will be used. Additional topics will cover an initiation to proposal writing, searching the library databases for peer-reviewed literature, and some aspects of science communication.
Hawkins, D 2019, Biomeasurement, A Student's Guide to Biological Statistics, 4th edition, Oxford University Press
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Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES | |||
Seminar | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Computer Practical | 2 hours x 13 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Problem solving exercise, Project, Test/Quiz
EFTSL*: 0.125
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