Cats Teach Stats Binomial Test

27 Jun 2019 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Jenny Hazlehurst, Suann Yang, Darcy Taniguchi

Fight stats anxiety! Students collect binary data from cute animal videos and analyze the data using a binomial test

Cell Biology by the Numbers

21 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Ron Milo, Rob Phillips

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/819Vignettes that reveal how numbers serve as a sixth sense to understanding our cells.Sample figures:[[Slider(105-f3-ViralMeasuringTape-13.png,...

Ch 11 Genetics and Statistics (Chi Square)

19 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Shannan Muskopf

A PowerPoint slideshow which informs the viewer of  the purposes of chi square.  The PowerPoint includes  definitions of relevant terms,  step-by-step procedures for calculating chi square, and questions for individual thoughts.  The slides support one example...

Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Response to Global Change

23 Sep 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Robert E. Bohanan, Marianne Krasny, Adam Welman

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/266Ecological QuestionIs there evidence for global warming in long term data on changes in dates of ice cover in three Wisconsin Lakes?This activity uses ice cover records from three lakes in...

Characterizing the Quantitative Biology Curricula from Institutions Across the United States

29 Apr 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Wendy Jo Levenson, Monika Norea Herbst, Sam S Donovan, Alison N Hale

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/236Due to the increasingly quantitative nature of the biological sciences, many schools now offer majors in mathematical biology. As this is a new major, there is no standard for how the program...

Chi-Square analysis of two point test cross data

21 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Bob Sheehy

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/746This flash tutorial simulates analysis of a 2 point test cross and will walk you through the analysis of two hypothetical traits. Your goal is to determine if these traits...

Chi-Square Test video

12 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Bozeman Science, Paul Andersen

This 12-minute video describes what a chi-square analysis is and illustrates 3 examples of how to perform one, increasing in complexity. The video starts with the classic example of a coin toss, then rolling die, and finally, with  realistic ecological...

Citations

27 Jul 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Louise Mead, James Smith, Wendy Johnson, Michael Wiser, Robert Pennock, Amy Lark

We present an inquiry-based curriculum based on the digital evolution platform Avida-ED (http://avida-ed.msu.edu). We designed an instructional sequence and lab book consisting of an introduction to Avida-ED and a set of three lessons focused on specific evolutionary concepts. These served to...

Classical Genetics Simulator

12 Jan 2015 | Software (Off-site) | Contributor(s): Ben Adamczyk

Students manage virtual fly populations to determine the mode of inheritance for various traits in different populations. Students seek solutions using probabilities and testing the validity of their assumptions using chi-squared analysis. 

Climate of Change: Interactions and Feedbacks between Water, Air and Ice

24 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Cindy Shellito, Becca Walker, Cynthia Fadem

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/289In this module students explore short-term climate variability resulting from atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions.

Clustering coefficients

02 Jun 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Winfried Just, Hannah Lea Callender, Drew LaMar

In this module we introduce several definitions of so-called clustering coefficients. A motivating example shows how these characteristics of the contact network may influence the spread of an infectious disease. In later sections we explore, both with the help of IONTW and theoretically,...

Collecting and analyzing binomial data

17 Jul 2020 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Suann Yang, Darcy Taniguchi, Jenny Hazlehurst

In this tool, students watch an Internet cat video, collect binomial data on cat paw usage, and graph and analyze the data with a binomial test in R using the swirl package.

Conference Flier

07 Aug 2018 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Alycia Crall

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/852This is the official conference flier. Feel free to distribute via your networks.

Confidence Intervals Tutorial

19 Nov 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Claudia Neuhauser, David Phillip Schladt

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/754This Excel mini-tutorial introduces the calculation and application of confidence intervals.

Confronting the challenges of bringing research data into undergraduate classrooms using online faculty mentoring networks

07 Nov 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Arietta Fleming-Davies, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Alison N Hale, Tom Langen, Teresa Mourad, Kristin Jenkins, Sam S Donovan

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/327Using ecological research data in undergraduate courses has many potential benefits for student learning.  Students gain knowledge of ecological concepts, increased understanding of the...

Connecting Concepts: Interactive Lessons in Biology, Ecology, Population Dynamics

16 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Robert Jeanne, Jan Cheetham, Lee Clippard, Alan Wolf, Les Howles, Edna Francisco, Michelle Glenetski, Bahman Zakeri, Cidney Frietag, Steven Clark, Sainath Suryanarayanan, Ben Schulte, Olaf Olson

"The capacity for growth is a measure of the success of a population of a species. Because there are so many interactions between individuals and the environment, measuring how well populations grow is often complex. Population biologists frequently use mathematical growth models to help...

Cookbook for R

10 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Winston Chang

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/780The goal of the cookbook is to provide solutions to common tasks and problems in analyzing data.

COPASI

10 Feb 2015 | Software (On-site)

COPASI is a software application for simulation and analysis of biochemical networks and their dynamics.

Counting the Forest and the Trees: Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) is a tool for Vision and Change

27 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): DorothyBelle Poli

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/228/Vision and Change stressed the importance of quantitative skills for the future of science in the United States. In response to this plea, biologists and mathematicians came together to...

Course materials for computational genomics using R

19 Nov 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Hong Qin

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/907The R code and data are deposited at Github: https://github.com/hongqin/RCompBio