ST805: Biometry (5 ECTS)

STADS: 25001201

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered when needed.

Teacher responsible
Email: hcpetersen@stat.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
The content of ST503 Statistics for Biologists is assumed to be known. Anatomy as contained in BB522 Chordate zoology or SU504 Basic Biological Anthropology is recommended to be known.

Course introduction
The students will obtain a profound knowledge about methods for the analysis of morphological variation, with the human skeleton as an example. Included is practical work with data acquisition, classical and modern analysis methods, and critique and control of methods.

Expected learning outcome
At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to:

• employ the relevant terminology
• design and perform data collection and analysis in connection with a concrete morphometric project
• perform control and critique of methods
• perform prediction of measures of body size
• interpret results from morphometric studies in an evolutionary biological context
• read and analyse the relevant scientific literature and evaluate its quality

Subject overview

• Skeletal variation
• Classic osteometric methods and measurement systems
• Geometric morphometrics
• Statistical analysis of morphometric data
• Discrete anatomical traits
• Prediction of body size (length, weight)
• Intra- and inter-observer error
• Methods for comparison of different methods (Bland-Altman)
• Quantitative genetics of anatomical traits

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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Prerequisite test consisting of active participation and presentation of scientific papers in tutorials. Active participation in tutorials with presentation of scientific papers is a condition for participation in the project exam. (25001212)

Assessment and marking:
Project assignment, pass/fail, and internal examiner. (25001202)

The re-exam takes place according to the rules decided by the Study Board, and can have a different form than the ordinary exam.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 16 hours
Skills training phase: 24 hours

Educational activities Study phase: 5 hours

Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer. However, if international students participate, the teaching language will always be English.

Course enrollment
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