UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Zoology
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester V - Paper VII - Biostatistics & Computations in Life Sciences

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

Biostatistics - Definition and Scope - Collection of Data - Census and sampling methods - Variable: Discrete and continuous. Presentation of Data: Classification and tabulation. Diagrams and graphs: Bar, pie, Histogram, line graph - Concept of statistical population and sample characteristics of frequenc distribution.

Unit II

Measures of Central tendency: Mean, Median, Mode & Weighted Arithmetic Mean - Measures of Dispersion: Range, Quartile deviation, Mean deviation & Standard deviation - Correlation and Regression.

UNIT III

Samping & Test of significance student L lest, F lest X² - test for independency - Continsenty table.

UNIT IV

The Computer system - Hardware -Software - BASIC: Character sets in BASIC language - Constants and Variables - Library functions - Expressions - System commands - Assignment and input / output statements, Transfer & control statements, Jumping, Branching, Multiple Branching and Looping statements - Subscripted variables - String data manipulation - File Management.

Unit V

MS:WORD: File Operations: New, Open, Save & Print - Editing: Cut, Copy, Paste, Find & Replace - Insert: Page numbers & Pictures - Format: Font, Bullet & Numbering, Paragraph & Background - Tools: Spelling & Grammar - Data: Sort - MS;EXCEL: Presentation of Biostatistical data using Excel: Autosum, Paste function, Chart wizard, Sort function & Drawing - Use of Internet, Messenger and e-mail - Basic knowledge of Medical transcription and Bio-informatics.

REFERENCE:

1) Balagurusamy, E. Programming in BASIC (3^rd Ed) Tata McGraw Hill puplishing Co. Ltd

2) Narasimhan, M. Learning with BASIC (Book I,II,III) Tata McGraw Hill publishing Co Ltd New Delhi 1996

3) Practical Statistics - S.P. Gupta

4) Jerold H. Zar Bio statiscal analysis (2^nd Edition ) Printice Hail of International edition, 1984 (Relevent portions)

5) Rangaswamy R.A text book of Agriculture Statistics, New Age International Publishers, 1995

6) Goutham Roy. Introdution to Computing and Computing lab and Cad (2002) Books and allied (pvt) Ltd. Kolkata

7) Introduction of Computing Science and Programming in BASIC - Dr. S.K.Nag - Books and Allied (p) Ltd.

8) MS: OFFICE for Win 95 - Microsoft office Press.

9) Developing Application with MS:OFFICE - Christine Solomon - Microsoft Office Press.