Practical skills for biology research-II 7.5 credits

About the course

The course follows on from Practical skills for biology research-I (5BI249). The course provides introductory training in appropriate methods for storing, quality control, visualisation, statistical analysis and hypothesis testing within biological research. The course is specifically designed to develop individual practical and learning skills. The course introduces the use of R for data analysis and relies extensively on practical hands-on training and while encouraging peer-based student-led learning. In the course students will use data generated during 5BI249 for practical assessment of data quality, reproducibility and biological variance but prior participation in 5BI249 is not a prerequisite.