STA4173 Biostatistics Summer 2025

Welcome to STA4173 - Biostatistics for the Summer 2025 semester! This course

• is an 8-week synchronous (live) course with students both on campus and on Zoom.
• is a senior-level second course in applied statistics.
• has been designed for STEM majors, not solely those majoring in mathematics and/or minoring in statistics.

Housekeeping:

• Please join the Discord server (link on Canvas and in syllabus).
  • It is expected that students will engage on Discord while learning the course material.
• Please enter class with an open mind and willingness to learn.
• You may join Zoom for office hours by scheduling an appointment with me on Navigate.
• There are no formal tests during the semester. Instead, you will complete projects to demonstrate your understanding.
• There is a final exam at the end of the semester.
  • I will not ask you to provide code in a timed environment.
  • I will have all code/output relevant to questions as part of the exam. (i.e., you will interpret the output.)

Contacting Dr. Seals: The optimal ways to contact me are either

• email through UWF Gmail (sseals at uwf dot edu)
• direct message on Discord

Note that I try to respond within 24 hours, however, it doesn’t always happen. If your matter is urgent, please feel free to snag me before or after class.