Course

Required Assignment

WL 413-513
Advanced Fisheries Management

Part of management plans involve parametric statistics (e.g., ANOVA, linear regression, standard error, mean, and confidence intervals) or nonparametric statistics. Common part of lecture material on sampling and indices. Incremental growth analysis (analysis of covariance).

WL 415-515
Upland Game Ecology and Management

Lectures on data collection and interpretation. Research project requires statistical analysis of data. Laboratory presented on use of statistics.

WL 417-517
Large Mammal Ecology and Management

One laboratory requires data analysis.

WL 419-519
Waterfowl Ecology and Management

Data analysis in waterfowl structure, function, and food habits laboratory.

WL 421-521
Grassland Fire Ecology

Handled by guest lecturers – cover various statistical procedures.

WL 423-523
Fish Culture

Students are required to develop appropriate experimental design and conduct data analysis and interpret results for independent research projects.

WL 712
Wetland Ecology and Management

Students deal with this topic as needed in discussions of current research publications.

WL 713
Animal Population Dynamics

Some lectures involve use of statistics for comparing population characteristics.

WL 714
Fish Structure and Function

Emphasis on developing research hypotheses vs. statistical hypotheses.

WL 715
Wildlife Research Design

1/3 of class involves use and interpretation of statistics in scientific research.

WL 717
Aquatic Trophic Ecology

Analyze field data using inferential and summary statistics.

WL 718
Ecology of Aquatic Invertebrates

Emphasizes invertebrate sampling designs and review of analytical techniques.

WL 719
Stream Ecology and Management

Review of statistical methods used to assess temporal change in stream fish populations.

WL 790
Graduate Seminar

Must present study design, pertinent analyses, and results.