Biometry & Statistics (BTRY)Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

BTRY 3010

In this course, students develop statistical methods and apply them to problems encountered in the biological and environmental sciences. Methods include data visualization, population parameter estimation, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: NTRES 3130STSCI 2200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1437 BTRY 3010   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: one semester of calculus.

  •  1438 BTRY 3010   LAB 401

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  •  1439 BTRY 3010   LAB 402

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  •  1440 BTRY 3010   LAB 403

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  •  1441 BTRY 3010   LAB 404

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  •  1442 BTRY 3010   LAB 405

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  •  1443 BTRY 3010   LAB 406

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BTRY 3080

This course provides an introduction to probability and parametric inference. Topics include: random variables, standard distributions, the law of large numbers, the central limit theorem, likelihood-based ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BTRY 5080ILRST 5080STSCI 3080STSCI 5080

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4441 BTRY 3080   LEC 001

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    Prerequisites: BTRY 3010, Calculus II, or the equivalent.

  •  4442 BTRY 3080   DIS 201

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  •  4528 BTRY 3080   DIS 202

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BTRY 3100

Theory and application of statistical sampling, especially in regard to sample design, cost, estimation of population quantities, and error estimation. Assessment of nonsampling errors. Discussion ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRST 3100STSCI 3100

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  1575 BTRY 3100   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: two semesters of statistics.

BTRY 4030

The focus of this course is the theory and application of the general linear model expressed in its matrix form. Topics will include: least squares estimation, multiple linear regression, coding for categorical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: STSCI 4030

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4475 BTRY 4030   LEC 001

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    A two-semester sequence on statistical methods (e.g. BTRY 3010-BTRY 3020), a course on probability and distribution theory (e.g. BTRY 3080 or Math 4710), multivariable calculus, and linear/matrix algebra.

  •  5088 BTRY 4030   LAB 401

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  • 18106 BTRY 4030   LAB 402

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BTRY 4270

Develops and uses statistical methods appropriate for analyzing right-censored (i.e., incomplete) time-to-event data. Topics covered include nonparametric estimation (e.g., life table methods, Kaplan Meier ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STSCI 4270

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5094 BTRY 4270   LEC 001

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    Prerequisites: BTRY 3080 or equivalent preparation; 3 semesters of calculus.

BTRY 4830

A rigorous treatment of analysis techniques used to understand complex genetic systems. This course covers both the fundamentals and advances in statistical methodology used to analyze disease ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: BTRY 6830

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4646 BTRY 4830   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: BTRY 3080 and Introductory Statistics or equivalent.

  •  4647 BTRY 4830   LAB 401

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  • 18357 BTRY 4830   LAB 402

    • TBA
    • Mezey, J

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BTRY 4940

Course of lectures selected by the faculty. Because topics usually change from year to year, this course may be repeated for credit. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4546 BTRY 4940   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Staff

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BTRY 4950

This course will give students the opportunity to apply the statistical knowledge gained in their courses to "real-life" problems. Students will be integrated in the Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4734 BTRY 4950   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Hooker, G

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BTRY 4970

Consists of individual tutorial study selected by the faculty. Because topics usually change from year to year, this course may be repeated for credit. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1081 BTRY 4970   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

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    Students from all Colleges must submit a CALS Special Studies Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study). Do not sign into section 601. You will be put in the course after submitting form online.

BTRY 4980

Students assist in teaching a course appropriate to their previous training. Students meet with a discussion or laboratory section and regularly discuss objectives with the course instructor. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1082 BTRY 4980   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode:
    Students from all Colleges must submit a CALS Special Studies Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study). Do not sign into section 601. You will be put in the course after submitting form online.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18364 BTRY 4980   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Earls, C

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BTRY 4990

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18137 BTRY 4990   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode:
    Students from all colleges must submit an Independent Study Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study). Do not sign into section 601. You will be put in the course after submitting form online.

BTRY 5080

This course provides an introduction to probability and parametric inference. Topics include: random variables, standard distributions, the law of large numbers, the central limit theorem, likelihood-based ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BTRY 3080ILRST 5080STSCI 3080STSCI 5080

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4443 BTRY 5080   LEC 001

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    Prerequisites: BTRY 3010, Calculus II, or the equivalent.

  •  4444 BTRY 5080   DIS 201

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  •  4526 BTRY 5080   DIS 202

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ILRST 5080STSCI 5080

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18339 BTRY 5080   LEC 002

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    Lecture 002 is reserved for Statistical Science MPS students only.

  • 18340 BTRY 5080   DIS 203

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    Discussion 203 is reserved for Statistical Science MPS students only.

BTRY 6010

Develops and uses statistical methods to analyze data arising from a wide variety of applications. Topics include descriptive statistics, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, inference for ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ILRST 6100

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1083 BTRY 6010   LEC 001

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    Enrollment limited to: graduate students or permission of instructor.

  •  1084 BTRY 6010   LAB 402

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  •  1085 BTRY 6010   LAB 403

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  •  1086 BTRY 6010   LAB 404

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  • 18351 BTRY 6010   LAB 405

    • M
    • Bien, J

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BTRY 6520

Modem applications in statistics often require intensive computation and the use of modem statistical learning techniques. This course covers topics in statistical computing, including numerical optimization ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STSCI 6520

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17396 BTRY 6520   LEC 001

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    Corequisites: ORIE 6700/Math 6730 (or equivalent) and at least one course in probability, or permission of instructor.

BTRY 6830

A rigorous treatment of analysis techniques used to understand complex genetic systems. This course covers both the fundamentals and advances in statistical methodology used to analyze disease ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: BTRY 4830

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4648 BTRY 6830   LEC 001

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    Prerequisites: BTRY 3080 and Introductory Statistics or equivalent.

  •  4649 BTRY 6830   LAB 401

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  • 18358 BTRY 6830   LAB 402

    • TBA
    • Mezey, J

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BTRY 6940

Course of lectures selected by the faculty. Because topics usually change from year to year, this course may be repeated for credit. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: StatMethods Bio Network Discov

  • 18398 BTRY 6940   LEC 001

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    The goal of this class is to review the current state of the literature on statistical and computational methods for network and pathway discovery in biological systems.

BTRY 6970

Individual tutorial study selected by the faculty. Because topics usually change from year to year, this course may be repeated for credit. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1470 BTRY 6970   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Booth, J

  • Instruction Mode:
    Individual tutorial study selected by the faculty.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2239 BTRY 6970   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Hooker, G

  • Instruction Mode:
    Individual tutorial study selected by the faculty.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2240 BTRY 6970   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Mezey, J

  • Instruction Mode:
    Individual tutorial study selected by the faculty.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2241 BTRY 6970   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode:
    Individual tutorial study selected by the faculty.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2242 BTRY 6970   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Wells, M

  • Instruction Mode:
    Individual tutorial study selected by the faculty.

BTRY 7900

Research at the Ph.D. level. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  1474 BTRY 7900   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Booth, J

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2235 BTRY 7900   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Hooker, G

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2236 BTRY 7900   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Mezey, J

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2237 BTRY 7900   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2238 BTRY 7900   RSC 706

    • TBA
    • Wells, M

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

BTRY 7950

Participation in the Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit: faculty-supervised statistical consulting with researchers from other disciplines. Discussion sessions are held for joint consideration of literature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1092 BTRY 7950   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Hooker, G

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    Prerequisite or co-requisite: BTRY 6020 and 4090 and permission of instructor.

BTRY 7980

Students assist in teaching a course appropriate to their previous training. Students meet with a discussion section, prepare course materials, and assist in grading. Credit hours are determined in consultation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  1471 BTRY 7980   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Booth, J

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: at least two advanced courses in statistics and biometry. Permission of instructor and chair of special committee is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2231 BTRY 7980   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Hooker, G

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: at least two advanced courses in statistics and biometry. Permission of instructor and chair of special committee is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2232 BTRY 7980   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Mezey, J

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: at least two advanced courses in statistics and biometry. Permission of instructor and chair of special committee is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2233 BTRY 7980   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: at least two advanced courses in statistics and biometry. Permission of instructor and chair of special committee is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2234 BTRY 7980   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Wells, M

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: at least two advanced courses in statistics and biometry. Permission of instructor and chair of special committee is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  4467 BTRY 7980   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Sullivan, P

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: at least two advanced courses in statistics and biometry. Permission of instructor and chair of special committee is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  4484 BTRY 7980   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Yu, H

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: at least two advanced courses in statistics and biometry. Permission of instructor and chair of special committee is required.

BTRY 8900

Research at the M.S. level. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  1472 BTRY 8900   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Booth, J

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: M.S. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2227 BTRY 8900   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Hooker, G

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: M.S. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2228 BTRY 8900   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Mezey, J

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: M.S. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2229 BTRY 8900   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: M.S. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2230 BTRY 8900   RSC 706

    • TBA
    • Wells, M

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: M.S. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

BTRY 9900

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  1473 BTRY 9900   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Booth, J

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2222 BTRY 9900   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Hooker, G

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2223 BTRY 9900   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Mezey, J

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2224 BTRY 9900   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2225 BTRY 9900   RSC 705

    • TBA
    • Strawderman, R

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-9 Credits Sat/UnSat

  •  2226 BTRY 9900   RSC 706

    • TBA
    • Wells, M

  • Instruction Mode:
    Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. candidates. Permission of graduate field member concerned is required.