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 2/10-2026.
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 31/8 | video | Introduction to the course | ||
| 1-L | Thu 3/9 | 9-11 | LC | Introduction; Data; Descriptive statistics | S:1.1+2+3; BM:1+2; MMC:1.1-2 |
| 1-P | Fri 4/9 | 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 | Tue 8/9 | 13-14:30 | LC | S:2.1,3.2; 1:42,72 | |
| 2-L | Thu 10/9 | 9-11 | LC | Sampling; Study design; Experimental design | S:1; BM:6+7; MMC:2.6+3.0-2 |
| 2-P | Fri 11/9 | 13-15 | CL | 2:7,67; 3:4,10,14,40,52,94; x:3 (2:69; 3:18,19,95; AI:3) | |
| 2-R | Tue 15/9 | 13-14:30 | LC | S:1.2,1.3; 3:40; x:3 | |
| 3-L | Thu 17/9 | 9-11 | LC | Probability; Distributions and random variables | S:4; BM:9+10; MMC:4 |
| 3-P | Fri 18/9 | 13-15 | CL | 4:9,14,26,48,71,75,76,78,92,107,122; x:4 (4:10,52,56,73,108,115,123; x:5,6; AI:4) | |
| 3-R | Tue 22/9 | 13-14:30 | LC | S:1.4,3.1,4.1; 4:9,71 (x:6) | |
| 4-L | Thu 24/9 | 9-11 | LC | Normal and binomial distributions; Sampling distributions | S:5+6; BM:11+12+13; MMC:1.3+5 |
| 4-P | Fri 25/9 | 13-15 | CL | 1:110,111,113,117,121,127,145; 3:77,79; 5:33,49,51; x:4(c),7,8; home assign.2001:1 (1:123,144; 4:10,60; 5:47,53; x:9; AI:5) | |
| 4-R | Tue 29/9 | 13-14:30 | LC | S:1.1,2.2,4.3; x:4(c); home assign.2001:1 | |
| 5-L | Thu 1/10 | 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 | Fri 2/10 | 13-15 | CL | 3:74; 5:14; 6:13,14,33,55,68,70,87,95,103,140 (3:74; 5:7,9,40,54; 6:11,12,20,45,46,47,85,96; x:10,11,12) | |
| 5-R | Tue 6/10 | 13-14:30 | LC | S:5.3,6.1; 6:33,55,95; x:12 | |
| 6-L | Thu 8/10 | 9-11 | LC | One and two continuous samples | S:8+9; BM:17+18; MMC:7 |
| 6-P | Fri 9/10 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 6-R | Tue 20/10 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 7-L | Thu 22/10 | 9-11 | LC | One and two discrete samples; Non-parametric methods | S:8+9; BM:19+20+27.1-2; MMC:8 |
| 7-P | Fri 23/10 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 7-R | Tue 27/10 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 8-L | Thu 29/10 | 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 | Fri 30/10 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 8-R | Tue 3/11 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 9-L | Thu 5/11 | 9-11 | LC | One-way analysis of variance | S:11.3; BM:24+26.1-2+27.3; MMC:12 |
| 9-P | Fri 6/11 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 9-R | Tue 10/11 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 10-L | Thu 12/11 | 9-11 | LC | Simple linear regression; Correlation | S:10.1-3; BM:3+4+23; MMC:2.1-4+10 |
| 10-P | Fri 13/11 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 10-R | Tue 17/11 | 10-12 | CL | ||
| 11-L | Thu 19/11 | 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 | Fri 20/11 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 11-R | Tue 24/11 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 12-L | Thu 26/11 | 9-11 | LC | Power and sample size; Statistical inference revisited | BM:15+19.4; MMC:6.4; notes |
| 12-P | Fri 27/11 | 13-15 | CL | ||
| 12-R | Tue 1/12 | 13-14:30 | LC | ||
| 13-L | Thu 3/12 | 9-11 | LC | Course wrap-up | |
| 13-P | Fri 4/12 | 13-16 | CL | ||