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ORM1004Biometry3+0+0ECTS:5
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDr. Öğr. Üyesi Serkan AKBAŞ
Co-LecturerPROF. DR. Nuray MISIR,
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To teach students basic statistical skills and find solutions in relaiton to a number of statistical promlems in forestry and other sciences
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : Define and explain basic statistical terms and rules 2,3,5
LO - 2 : Implement some statistical analysis in relation to data 2,3,5
LO - 3 : Compare independent data sets. 2,3,5
LO - 4 : Apply and analyze single-variable parametric and non-parametric tests 2,3,5
LO - 5 : Formularize statistically a real problem and solve and analyze it 2,3,5
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Introduction to statistics, definition of statistical terms, classification of data, descriptive statistics, probability, permutation anda combination, theoretical distributions, sampling methods, parametric and non-parametric tests, analysis of variance, correlation and regression analyses, sampling design.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Introduction to biometry
 Week 2Classification of data
 Week 3Central tendency measures (Arithmetic mean, geometric mean, mode and median)
 Week 4Variance, standard deviation, standard error, percent error, coefficient of variation
 Week 5Theoretical Distributions (Binom and Poisson)
 Week 6Normal Distribution
 Week 7Hypothesis Tests (One-sample t-test,Independent-samples t-test)
 Week 8Hypothesis Tests (Paired-samples t-test)
 Week 9 Mid-term exam
 Week 10Chi-Squre Tests (Independence and homogenity tests)
 Week 11Appropriateness to normal distribution
 Week 12One-way Anova
 Week 13Correlation Analysis, Simple Linear Regression analysis
 Week 14Multiple Regression analysis
 Week 15Sampling techniques
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Kalıpsız, A. İstatistiksel Yöntemler, İ.Ü. Yayınları, No 3522, İstanbul
2Batu, F. 1995; Uygulamalı İstatistik Yöntemler, KTÜ Yayınları, No 179, Trabzon
3Sümbüloğlu, K. ve Sümbüloğlu, V. 2009; Biyoistatistik, Hatipoğlu, Ankara
 
Recommended Reading
1Özdamar, K. 2003; Paket Programlar İle İstatistiksel Veri Analizleri, Kaan Kitabevi, Ankara
2Freeze, F. 1984; statistics for Land Managers, Paeony Press, ISBN 0 946941 009, Scotland
3Akalp, T. 2016. İstatistik Yöntemler, İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman fakültesi Yayın No: 511, ISBN 978-605-07-0597-3.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 24.04.2023 0,45 50
End-of-term exam 16 19.06.2023 1 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 15 45
Sınıf dışı çalışma 1 16 16
Laboratuar çalışması 0 0 0
Arasınav için hazırlık 2 8 16
Arasınav 1.5 1 1.5
Uygulama 0 0 0
Klinik Uygulama 0 0 0
Ödev 0 0 0
Proje 0 0 0
Kısa sınav 0 0 0
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 4 14 56
Dönem sonu sınavı 1.5 1 1.5
Diğer 1 0 0 0
Diğer 2 0 0 0
Total work load136