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BI 231L - Quantitative Literacy ValidationL
Syllabus
Measuring metabolic rate
reading the hemoglobin dissociation curve

This site links to practice tutorials and worksheets for Quantitative skills assessed in BI 231 Lab. You can achieve validation in Quantitative Literacy level 4 by completing 7 of the following skills:

Quant Skill
Demonstrated through:
Use estimation,  scientific notation, and simplification to get answers in the right decimal range without a calculator Assessment in lab or on Educator
Design experiments and gather quantitative data ; record the data in data tables Your lab reports and independent project
Use Excel to calculate averages and graph them Your lab reports and independent project
Use Excel to do a T-test on data, and interpret the results Your lab reports and independent project
Use conversion factors to solve problems Assessment in lab or on Educator
Calculate heart rate from finger pulse transducer and EKG traces Your lab reports
Use a simple deductive model to predict systolic blood pressure: Create Excel spreadsheets to do your calculations for you, and graph your results using Excel Your lab reports
Create Excel spreadsheet to calculate metabolic rates Your lab reports
Calculate renal clearance rates and make inferences about kidney function based on them Your lab reports

 

 

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