Maths Skills for A Level Biology
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9780198494416
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1 Numbers and measurements
1.1 Numbers and units
1.2 The arithmetic mean
1.3 Arithmetic mean of grouped or tallied data
1.4 Median and modal values
1.5 Rearranging formulae
1.6 Percentages
1.7 Measurement uncertainties
1.8 Calculating percentage error
1.9 Decimals and standard form
1.10 Data in line graphs
1.11 y = mx + c
1.12 Exponential data in line graphs
1.13 Normal distribution
1.14 Standard deviation
1.15 Simple probability and normal distribution
1.16 Confidence intervals and reliability of the mean
1.17 Surface areas and volumes
2 Cell biology
2.1 Magnification
2.2 Graticules and stage micrometers
2.3 Magnification of images
2.4 Magnification factors and real dimensions
2.5 Scale bars
2.6 Haemocytometers
2.7 Water potential
2.8 Pie charts: the cell cycle
Summary questions for chapters 1 and 2
3 Biological chemistry
3.1 Working with molar and percentage solutions
3.2 Serial dilutions and very small concentrations
3.3 Calorimetry and energy values of foods
3.4 Chromatography and Rf values
3.5 Rates of reaction 1
3.6 Rates of reaction 2
3.7 Colorimeters
3.8 Respiratory quotient
4 Plant and animal physiology
4.1 Spirometer data
4.2 Electrocardiograms
4.3 Oxygen dissociation curves
4.4 Water uptake rate
4.5 Oxygen release from photosynthesis
Summary questions for chapters 3 and 4
5 Ecology and populations
5.1 Quadrat data
5.2 Species diversity
5.3 Species richness and species evenness
5.4 Transects and kite diagrams
5.5 Mark–release–recapture
5.6 Population growth curves 1
5.7 Population growth curves 2
5.8 Logarithms
5.9 Energy flow between trophic levels
6 Statistical analysis of data
6.1 Statistical tests
6.2 Tests of association
6.3 Correlation coefficient
6.4 Ranked correlation coefficient
6.5 Tests of difference: unpaired t-tests
6.6 Differences in data: paired t-tests
6.7 The Mann–Whitney U test
7 Statistics and genetics
7.1 Chi-squared goodness of fit test in genetics
7.2 The Hardy–Weinberg equation
Summary questions for chapters 5-7
Common calculator functions
Excel and calculations
Table of standardised normal distribution
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