Catch Up Maths & Stats covers the core maths skills you will need on any life or medical sciences course including:
- working with fractions and powers
- preparation of a dilution series
- how to calculate standard deviation
- using and understanding graphs
- analysing enzyme kinetics
- choosing the right statistical test
Catch Up Maths & Statswill bring you up to speed in the shortest possible time, even if you didn’t study maths at advanced level.
Cuprins
Mathematics section
Handling numbers; Working with fractions; Percentages; Powers; Circles and spheres; Approximation and errors; Introduction to graphs; The gradient of a graph; Algebra; Polynomials; Algebraic equations; Quadratic equations; Simultaneous equations; Sequences and series of numbers; Working with powers; Logarithms; Exponential growth and decay; Differential calculus; Further differential calculus; Integral calculus; Further integral calculus; Using graphs; Recognising patterns in graphs
Applications of mathematics section
SI units; Moles; p H; Buffers; Kinetics
Statistics section
The language of statistics; Describing data: measuring averages; Standard deviation; Checking for a normal distribution; Degrees of freedom; How to use statistics to make comparisons; The standard error of the mean; Confidence intervals; Probability; Significance and P values; Tests of significance; t tests; Analysis of variance; The chi-squared test; Correlation; Regression; Bayesian statistics