College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Distance Education Spring 2010
Quantitative Methods for Agronomy
AGRON 513 Section XW
Credit Hours 3 Graduate or 3 Non-major Graduate Credits
Dates January 11th - May 7th, 2010
Registration Deadline December 29th, 2009
Off-Campus Program Masters of Agronomy
Instructor: Bill Beavis
E-mail: wdbeavis@iastate.edu
Phone: 515-294-7301
Tuition/Fees Tuition: $1,122, Delivery Fee: $150
Prerequisites Restricted to graduate students enrolled in M.S. in Agronomy degree program at ISU; Permission of instructor or Program Coordinator.
Course Description

Quantitative methods for analyzing and interpreting agronomic information. Principles of experimental design, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, regression, correlation, and graphical representation of data. Use of JMP for organizing, analyzing, and presenting data.
Course Website

http://masters.agron.iastate.edu/classes/513/index.html
** Access to the website may be restricted to registered students or not available until the start of the course.
Delivery Format WebCT/CD
Technology Requirements Recommended minimum requirements are: PC with Windows 2000 Operating System; 1.2 GHz processor; video, audio, and graphics capabilities; 512 Mb RAM and CD-ROM; 56k Internet connection; Internet Explorer 6.0.2; Microsoft Office 2000
Text Clewer, Alan and Scarisbrick, David. 2001. Practical Statistics and Experimental Design for Plant and Crop Science. ISBN: 0471899097. (Paperback).
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New Students - Complete registration form
Returning Students - AccessPlus
Registration Questions - Call 515-294-1889 (Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST).

Brenton Center for Agricultural Instruction & Technology Transfer, 004 Curtiss Hall, Ames, Iowa 50011.
Voice: 515-294-1862 / FAX: 515-294-1924.
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