This course introduces the basic concepts and methods of statistics with applications in the experimental biological sciences. The aim of the course is to give the participant’s sufficient knowledge and techniques how to build a data set by design of field experiments, how to analyze and interpret their data. Topics covered include general methods of field experiments, presentation of data (graphs and tables), descriptive statistics, probability distributions, estimation of parameters, hypothesis testing, the analysis of variance, simple linear regression, correlation, and the analysis of attribute data. The course is required course for students in the field of agronomy and plant sciences.
Agriculture
农业科学是研究农业发展的自然规律和经济规律的科学,因涉及农业环境、作物和畜牧生产、农业工程和农业经济等多种科学而具有综合性。林业科学和水产科学有时也包括在广义的农业科学范畴之内。