Mathematics/Statistics for Biologists

On successful completion of the course should have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge The student should:

• Have knowledge of the ordinary functions of one variable
• Understand the difference of the average rate of change and the instantaneous rate of change of a function
• Have knowledge of the most used descriptive measurements of data, probability distributions and inference techniques
• Understand the difference between a population parameter and the sample estimate of the parameter

Skills The student should:

• Be able to do elementary algebraic simplifications and be able to solve equations
• Be able to use the derivative to analyse functions of one variable
• Be able to use elementary probability theory
• Be able to use elementary estimation theory and perform elementary hypothesis tests

General Competence The students should:

• Be able to carry out necessary problem- solving when working with mathematics tasks
• Be able to carry out necessary problem- solving when working with statistics tasks