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MATHEMATICS AND BASES OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND STATISTICS

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in BIOTECHNOLOGY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2018/2019
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2018/2019
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Language: 
Italian
Credits: 
8
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
72
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (48 hours), Exercise (24 hours)
Requirements: 

There are no requirements

Final Examination: 
Orale

The verification of learning takes place in a single written test
(including the part of mathematics and the part of statistics) lasting two hours. An example of an exam will be discussed in the last week of class.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The objective of the course is to provide the necessary basis for the analytical understanding of the basic issues of the scientific phenomena and in particular biotecnologi through the acquisition of basic methods of mathematical analysis and the theory of probability and statistics.

Descriptive statistics univariate. Descriptive statistics Bivariate. Linear regressions.Notions of computer science for the construction of simple graphical representations.Basic elements of the theory of probability.elements of inferential statistics and statistical tests. Discrete distributions and continuous distributions. Basic elements of linear algebra vectors and matrices.Limits and continuity. Differential and integral calculus.

The book
is recommended Benedict, Degli Esposti, Maffei - "Mathematics for life sciences" - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.
Slides of the lessons and additional material are available in the e-learning platform.

Convenzionale

The course consists of 72 lectures (theory + tutorial) and will be supported by the projection of power point slides and exercises performed on the blackboard.

Professors

GIARDINA GESUALDA