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  1. Integrating Community Ecology Into the Study of Parasites: Exploring the Effect of Host Behavior on Parasite Transmission Rates

    07 Aug 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Will H. Ryan1, Christine M. Sestero*2

    1. University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Montevallo 2. University of Montevallo

    Organismal life cycles are often presented as a set of facts to memorize in undergraduate biology courses. This approach is cognitively demanding for students and fails to convey how central life...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3423/?v=1

  2. Is bigger always better? An investigation on the effect of drought on different sizes of trees

    11 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jessica Brzyski

    Seton Hill University

    This data set was compiled from worldwide data to examine the effects of drought on trees. Included in the dataset are measurements of growth and mortality as they relate to the size category of...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2189/?v=1

  3. Is everything bigger in Texas? Introduction to Statistics with the Rock Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus intermedius)

    28 Feb 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Julie Marie Schlichte1, Phillip Lavretsky, Vicky Zhuang

    The University of Texas at El Paso

    Natural history museums often contain large collections of the same species and therefore, are a resource for studying intraspecific variation. This module uses 172 images of rock pocket mouse...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4654/?v=1

  4. Java Applets for Power and Sample Size

    30 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Russ Lenth

    Statistics and Actuarial Science Department, University of Iowa

    This is a Java application that allows you to do power and sample-size calculations for a number of standard statistical models.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/899/?v=1

  5. Learning to Pipet Correctly by Pipetting Incorrectly?

    28 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Stephanie F. Mel1, Melissa K. Micou1, Kshitij Gaur**1, David Lenh**1, Clifford Z. Liu**1, Stanley M. Lo*1

    University of California San Diego

    Beginning undergraduate students in biology need basic laboratory, data analysis, and science process skills to pursue more complex questions in course-based undergraduate research experiences...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2620/?v=1

  6. Linear Models and Linear Mixed Effects in R: Tutorial 1

    20 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Bodo Winter

    University of California, Merced

    The first of two tutorials that introduce you to linear and linear mixed models.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/832/?v=1

  7. Linear Regression (Excel) and Cellular Respiration for Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics

    03 Dec 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Irene Corriette1, Beatriz Gonzalez1, Daniela Kitanska2, Henriette Mozsolits2, Sheela Vemu3

    1. Santa Fe College 2. Passaic County Community College 3. Waubonsee Community College

    Students typically find linear regression analysis of data sets in a biology classroom challenging. These activities could be used in a Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Statistics course. The...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2811/?v=1

  8. Modernizing Statistics Education via Biology Applications

    03 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Olcay Ackman

    Illinois State University

    Part of the 2015 SMB Minisymposium: Topics in Biomathematics Education

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/254/?v=1

  9. Modified Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests

    23 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond

    Tri-County Technical College

    Methylmercury contamination within fish populations is an important toxin that affect human, animal, and environmental health, serving as a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) and endocrine-disruptor...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3657/?v=2

  10. Modified Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests

    01 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond

    Tri-County Technical College

    Methylmercury contamination within fish populations is an important toxin that affect human, animal, and environmental health, serving as a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) and endocrine-disruptor...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3657/?v=1

  11. OpenIntro

    29 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Divid Diez1, Chris Barr1, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel2

    1. OpenIntro 2. Duke University

    OpenIntro was started with one goal in mind: create a free and open-source introductory textbook.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/889/?v=1

  12. Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students

    25 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Michael P. Fleming

    California State University, Stanislaus

    University capstone projects can offer science students a rich research experience that illustrates the process of doing scientific research, and can also help students better choose future...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2552/?v=1

  13. Passion-Driven Statistics

    03 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Lisa Dierker

    Wesleyan University

    E-book in .pdf format and customizable .iba format

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1257/?v=1

  14. Passion-Driven Statistics as a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE)

    13 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Lisa Dierker

    Wesleyan University

    Session presentation on passion-driven, project-based experience in statistics at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/648/?v=1

  15. Project MOSAIC

    20 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Daniel Kaplan1, Karl-Dieter Crisman2, Nicholas Horton3, Eric Marland4, Randall Pruim5

    1. Macalester College 2. Gordon College 3. Amherst College 4. Appalachian State University 5. Calvin College

    Our goal: Provide a broader approach to quantitative studies that provides better support for work in science and technology.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/825/?v=1

  16. Quantifying Uncertainty and Distinguishing Data Sets in Introductory Physics

    05 Dec 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Rachel E. Scherr*1, N. G. Holmes2

    1. University of Washington Bothell 2. Cornell University

    Physics labs are moving increasingly to open-ended experiments where students develop experimental physics skills, rather than verify textbook physics concepts. This sequence of activities sets the...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4555/?v=1

  17. REMNet Tutorial, R Part 5: Normalizing Microbiome Data in R 5.2.19

    28 Aug 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jessica Joyner

    CUNY Brooklyn College

    Video on normalizing microbiome data from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1314/?v=1

  18. Responses to Climate Change in California Chipmunks: Move, Adapt, or Die

    10 Feb 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Talisin Hammond1, Rachel E. Walsh2, Eileen Lacey3

    1. San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research 2. University of California, Berkeley 3. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley

    A series of three modules using data from natural history museum collections to examine responses to climate change in multiple chipmunk species. Elevation and morphological data, beginner skills...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1752/?v=1

  19. Statistics for Biologists

    30 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Magdalena Skipper1, Ritu Dhand1, Helen Pearson1, Francesca Cesari1

    Nature

    There is no disputing the importance of statistical analysis in biological research, but too often it is considered only after an experiment is completed, when it may be too late.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/897/?v=1

  20. Statistics Overview

    09 Sep 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Claudia Neuhauser

    University of Houston

    A Numbers Count statistics diagram

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1407/?v=1