Welcome to Methods in experimental ecology PCB 6466

Instructors:• James Angelo,

Office: Biology Bldg. 101 Ajames.angelo@knights.ucf.eduoffice hours: 12:00-14:00 Tue & Thu

• Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio, Office: Biology Bldg. 401 Epquintan@mail.ucf.eduoffice hours : 12:00-14:00 Tue & Thuor by appointment

Link to course web site• http://biology.ucf.edu/~pascencio/SiteMethods.html

• Course Based on:

• Gotelli, N. J & A.M. Ellison. 2004. A primer of Ecological Statistics. Sinauer.

• Crawley, M.J. 2005. Statistics: an introduction using R.

• Heath, D. 1995. An introduction to experimental design and statistics for biology. UCL Press

Grading

Item %

3 exams 3010 homework exercises

graded (13 total) 60

2 quizzes 10

Etiquette for communication

• Do not wait to the last minute. There will not be any response to questions within 24 hours before homework or exam due date.

• We like our weekends, please no e-mails on Saturday and Sundays. We will respond first come first served on Monday

Exercises

• E-mail a single Word document with your results. All analytical work needs to be done in R (unless otherwise noted). Scripts and output from R should be included in the Word document for full credit.

• They will be due a week from the day they are assigned. No assignments will be accepted after the start of the class on due date