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    2010-Scott_Carrell-James_West-Does_Professor_Quality_Matter-Evidence_from_Random_Assignment_of_Students_to_Professors
    In the postsecondary environment, scores on student evaluations of professors are typically used to measure teaching quality. We possess unique data that allow us to measure relative student...

    Keywords: teachingevaluationfollow-on coursestudent achievement

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    1-039-StochasticPopModels-ModelingScenario
    We develop strategies for creating a population model using some simple probabilistic assumptions. These assumptions lead to a system of differential equations for the probability that a system is...

    Keywords: Probabilitypopulation dynamicsVarianceMeanstochasticdeterministic

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    1-047a-CondensationOptimization-ModelingScenario
    We seek to optimize a condensation process which is modeled by a simulation using the random motion of 200 particles in a 50 by 50 square in which a particle bounces off the two vertical and top...

    Keywords: simulationdataoptimizationenergycondensationbest fitcostsum of scquare errors

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    Biodiversity Conservation in Agriculture
    Biodiversity is decreasing rapidly each year and agriculture is a large contributor. In order to minimize biodiversity loss, we must study how local and landscape management in agriculture impact...

    Keywords: conservationagricultureBiodiversitybiodiversity conservationagricultural conservation

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    Exploring Fitness and Population Change under Selection: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 3
    An introductory activity exploring the process of natural selection in action using the Avida-ED simulation.

    Keywords: population geneticsfitnessavida-edsoftware simulationsSelectionevolutionary fitness

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    Diffusion Through a Cell Membrane
    This module introduces rates of diffusion in the context of understanding simple and facilitated diffusion through the cell membrane. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: linear equationscalculushyperbolic equationsCellular Processesrates of change

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    A Very Basic Tutorial for Performing Linear Mixed Effects Analyses: Tutorial 2
    The second of two tutorials that introduce you to linear and linear mixed models. This tutorial serves as a quick boot camp to jump-start your own analyses with linear mixed effects models.

    Keywords: statisticsRdata analysisgraphingconceptsstatsregressionmixed modelslinear modelsfixed effectsrandom effectsintroductionResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referencetechnologytutorial 2boot campbeginner

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    Using Musical Instruments to Model Negative Feedback in the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Target Gland Axes
    Homeostasis and negative feedback are crucial, yet difficult, concepts for undergraduates, particularly in the context of the hypothalamo-pituitary axes. This interactive activity was designed to...

    Keywords: cell-cell communicationhomeostasisnegative feedback

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    Furry with a chance of evolution: Exploring genetic drift with tuco-tucos
    Genetic drift is an important mechanism of evolution, yet undergraduates often fail to understand how it leads to evolutionary change due in part to its random nature. This lesson plan describes a...

    Keywords: EvolutionGenetic DriftBottle neckFounder effectRandom evolutionary processes

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    Computational Biology using R
    This is an introductory level course on computational biology.

    Keywords: simulationmoduleRcourseprojectsolutions

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    1-001d-HotelPopulationDecay-ModelingScenario
    You will be modeling the following situation: 100 people are in a hotel. Each day, each person has a random chance of 50% of leaving the hotel. No new people enter the hotel. Before you run the...

    Keywords: simulationlogisticexponential decayfitting

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    Citations
    Published Avida-Ed article

    Keywords: EvolutioncurriculumSelectionDigital Organisms

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    Links to Avida-ED spreadsheets for Active LENS and BioQUEST 2018
    Avida-ED materials and resources for Active LENS and BioQUEST 2018.

    Keywords: avida-edSummer Workshop 2018

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    Calling Bullshit DCS 105 Bates College RByte Worksheets
    These are handout worksheets for your in-class RByte activities.

    Keywords: RActivityGoogle CoLabCalling BullshitRByteData PracticeCoding SkillsSkill development

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    2014-Wang-EtAl-Estimating Mixed-Effects Differential Equation Models
    When multiple replicates of measurements are available for the dynamic process, it is of great interest to estimate mixed-effects in the ODE model for the process. We propose a semiparametric...

    Keywords: pharmacokineticsdynamic modelssmoothingsplinemixed-effects modelsHiV combination therapy

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    1999-Khorasheh-Ahmadi-Gerayeli-Application of Direct Search Optimization for Pharmacokinetic Parameter Estimation
    For simple pharmacokinetic compartmental models, analytical solution to the governing differential equations provide a mean to evaluate the associated rate constants. Such methods, however, can not...

    Keywords: sum of square errorsleast squarespharmacokineticslineteicscompartmental modelsdirect search

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    6-003-SchoolFluEpidemic-ModelingScenario
    We offer a model of the spread of flu in a school dormitory and are asked to find when the flu levels reach their peak and explain long term behavior of the spread of the flu.

    Keywords: infectionepidemicSIR modelflupeakschool children

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    1-001c-PopulationDecayThenSome-ModelingScenario
    You will be modeling the following situation: 100 people are in a hotel. Each day, each person has a random chance of 50% of leaving the hotel. No new people enter the hotel.

    Keywords: simulationoccupancypopulationhotel

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    1-084-GoingViral-ModelingScenario
    Students employ randomization in order to create a simulation of the spread of a viral disease in a population (the classroom). Students then use qualitative analysis of the expected behavior of...

    Keywords: simulationlogisticrandomfittingpartial fractions

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    Multiple choice quiz questions for biostatistics
    A set of 157 multiple choice quiz questions for biostatistics courses, organized and searchable by 18 concepts/skills.

    Keywords: quizbiostatistics - general

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