Not statistical but rather mathematical, Dynamic Models in Biology by Stephen Ellner and John Guckenheimer is in my opinion an excellent piece on biological modeling, goes through disease, ecology, neuronal models and follows the course they teach at Cornell very closely. Math background will ideally hit on differential equations and linear algebra, but the book helps fill in the gaps if they are there.
On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Paige Parry <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am attempting to gain approval to offer a new course in my department > that will teach our undergraduate biology majors some statistical analysis > skills for biological data with an emphasis on modeling. I need to be able > to demonstrate that this course will be applicable for a broad range of > biology students and their future career paths (bioinformatics, ecology, > molecular and cell biology, etc.) and have been asked to select a textbook > that will clearly demonstrate this. I would appreciate any suggestions you > have to offer on a potential textbook for this course, particularly one > that highlights diverse applications of models in biology. This course will > primarily be for upper-division biology majors. Please email me off-list > with any suggestions. > > Thank you! > > -- > Paige E. Parry, PhD > Assistant Professor of Biology > George Fox University > Office: EHS 215 > Phone: 503.554.2708 > Email: [email protected] > Web: www.paigecopenhaver.com >
