Intro to Course

• ~20 person waitlist
• 62 max enrollment (registrar)
  • 60 undergraduates
  • 2 graduates
• 8 extra slots will be created (total: 70 students)
• Labs: Undergraduates must be enrolled
  • Section 1: W 3:30-5:20 (Integrated Science Center 1280) [Capacity: 30/40]
  • Section 2: R 3:30-5:20 (Integrated Science Center 1111) [Capacity: 27/30]

• Passing out list for those not in course
  • Fill in name and email: e.g. Drew LaMar (mdlama@wm.edu)
  • Fill in lab time you are able to do - put “Either” if you are able to do either one
• If you hear from me today, you are getting a slot
• If you DO NOT hear from me today, the course is full

• …that meet Biology math requirement:
  • Calculus II (Math 132 or 112)
  • Intro to Quantitative Biology (Math 325 + lab)
• …outside of biology on statistics:
  • BUAD 231, MATH 106, ECON 307, PSYC 301, SOCL 353, MATH 351, or KINE 394

• Instructor: M. Drew LaMar (mdlama@wm.edu)
  • Office hour: TBA
    

• Teaching Assistants

  • Hannah Mawyer (hemawyer@email.wm.edu)

  Office “hour”: R 10:30-12:00

  • Natalia Cherney (ncherney@email.wm.edu)

  Office “hour”: T 1-2:30

ALL OFFICE HOURS IN OR OUTSIDE OF ISC 3252

• Prerequisite: BIOL 220, BIOL 225 and MATH 111/131
• Required texts:
  
  • “The Analysis of Biological Data” (2^nd edition), by Whitlock and Schluter
  • “Experimental Design for the Life Sciences” (3^rd edition), by Ruxton and Colegrave

• Uploaded on Blackboard each week by Wednesdays at midnight and due on Blackboard by Mondays at 5:00 pm
• Grade will be a combination of the three C’s:
  • Completion
  • Correctness
  • Clarity
• Two lowest homework grades will be replaced by your two highest homework grades
• Homework worth 35% of your grade
• No late homework will be accepted under any circumstances

• Learning skills in Data Science
• Software: R
• Labs due by 3:30 pm on your lab day the following week (1 week)
• Most labs on DataCamp website (www.datacamp.com)
  • You will receive an email soon to sign up for our DataCamp course website
• Lowest lab grade replaced by highest lab grade
• Please see the syllabus for grading scheme
• Labs worth 10% of your grade

• Three in-class midterms (subject to change):
  • Friday, February 17
  • Friday, March 24
  • Friday, April 21
• Each midterm worth 10% of your grade
• Option: Final exam grade can replace lowest midterm grade
• No make-ups will be given!

• Assigned most days for the following class period
• Will be given online on Blackboard
• Worth 5% of your grade

• Worth 10% of your grade
• More details later…

• Can we know reality with certainty?
• Is anything certain or known?
• What is evidence?
• What is data?
• What is statistics?

Ruxton & Colegrave:

• Chapter 1: Why you should care about design (pp. 1-7)

QUIZ ONLINE DUE BEFORE FRIDAY CLASS

Ruxton & Colegrave:

• Chapter 1: Q 1.1-1.5 (submit Microsoft Word file on Blackboard)

Due Monday, January 23, 5 pm

DataCamp - Introduction to R https://www.datacamp.com/courses/free-introduction-to-r

You MUST create an account with your William & Mary email address!!! If you do not, your work will not transfer over to our DataCamp course website.

Due beginning of your lab period next week