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Scientific method and quantitative biology

Unit B00 · 3 lessons published so far.

• Variables and controls: what an experiment can show
  Independent, dependent and controlled variables and how to choose the levels of one; the difference between a control variable and a control…
• Handling data: units, scales, rates and uncertainty
  Units, prefixes and standard form; where significant figures come from; ratios and magnification; percentage change against percentage difference…
• Statistics for biologists: spread, error bars and the three tests
  Mean, median and mode; why a standard deviation beats a range; error bars and what overlapping bars do and do not show; writing a null hypothesis…