Welcome to the homepage of the biostats course VHM 801 at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) within the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), last updated 8/1-2026.
This course will extraordinarily be offered in the winter semester (it is usually offered in the fall semester). Based on the current recommendations from UPEI, the plan is for a course with all sessions conducted in-person. Plans may be revised at any time as necessary based on recommendations from UPEI and the Public Health Office of PEI.
| Session | Date | Hours | Room | Topics | Textbook reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-L | Mon 5/1 | video | Introduction to the course | ||
| 1-L | Thu 8/1 | 9-11 | LC | Introduction; Data; Descriptive statistics | S:1.1+2+3; BM:1+2; MMC:1.1-2 |
| 1-P | Mon 12/1 | 13-15 | CL | Meet Minitab | 1:1,10,16,42,51,72,77; x:1; MM:ch8 (1:22,65; x:2; AI:1,2) |
| 1-R | Wed 14/1 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 2-L | Thu 15/1 | 9-11 | B | Sampling; Study design; Experimental design | S:1; BM:6+7; MMC:2.6+3.0-2 |
| 2-P | Mon 19/1 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 2-R | Wed 21/1 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 3-L | Thu 22/1 | 9-11 | LC | Probability; Distributions and random variables | S:4; BM:9+10; MMC:4 |
| 3-P | Mon 26/1 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 3-R | Wed 28/1 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 4-L | Thu 29/1 | 9-11 | LC | Normal and binomial distributions; Sampling distributions | S:5+6; BM:11+12+13; MMC:1.3+5 |
| 4-P | Mon 2/2 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 4-R | Wed 4/2 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 5-L | Thu 5/2 | 9-11 | LC | Statistical inference: estimation, confidence intervals, tests | S:7+8; BM:14+15.1-2; MMC:3.3+6.1-2 |
| 5-P | Mon 9/2 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 5-R | Wed 11/2 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 6-L | Thu 12/2 | 9-11 | LC | One and two continuous samples | S:8+9; BM:17+18; MMC:7 |
| 6-P | Mon 23/2 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 6-R | Wed 25/2 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 7-L | Thu 26/2 | 9-11 | LC | One and two discrete samples; Non-parametric methods | S:8+9; BM:19+20+27.1-2; MMC:8 |
| 7-P | Mon 2/3 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 7-R | Wed 4/3 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 8-L | Thu 5/3 | 9-11 | LC | Two-way tables; Statistical reporting | S:2.5+11.2; BM:5+20+22; MMC:2.5+8.2+9.1-2 |
| 8-P | Mon 9/3 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 8-R | Wed 11/3 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 9-L | Thu 12/3 | 9-11 | LC | One-way analysis of variance | S:11.3; BM:24+26.1-2+27.3; MMC:12 |
| 9-P | Mon 16/3 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 9-R | Wed 18/3 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 10-L | Thu 19/3 | 9-11 | B | Simple linear regression; Correlation | S:10.1-3; BM:3+4+23; MMC:2.1-4+10 |
| 10-P | Mon 23/3 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 10-R | Wed 25/3 | 10-12 | CL | ||
| 11-L | Thu 26/3 | 9-11 | LC | Multifactorial analysis (multiple regression; two-way analysis of variance) | S:10.4+BM:26.4-6+28.1-7; MMC:11+13 |
| 11-P | Mon 30/3 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 11-R | Wed 1/4 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 12-L | Thu 2/4 | 9-11 | LC | Power and sample size; Statistical inference revisited | BM:15+19.4; MMC:6.4; notes |
| 12-P | Tue 7/4 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 12-R | Wed 8/4 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 13-L | Thu 9/4 | 9-11 | LC | Course wrap-up | |
| 13-P | Mon 13/4 | 13-16 | CL | ||