{"id":12800,"date":"2026-04-17T15:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=12800"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:08:11","slug":"check-this-out-stat-271-intro-to-data-analysis-statistical-modeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2026\/04\/17\/check-this-out-stat-271-intro-to-data-analysis-statistical-modeling\/","title":{"rendered":"STAT 271: Intro to Data Analysis &#038; Statistical Modeling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This course is a hands-on, practical journey into the world of data analysis and statistical modeling. Using professional statistical software, students will learn to uncover patterns, test ideas, and make confident predictions from real-world data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisites:\u00a0<\/strong>One of the following: STAT 104 with a B, STAT 106, or STAT 270<\/p>\n<p><strong>Timetable:\u00a0<\/strong>Each Fall semester on Abbotsford Campus<\/p>\n<p>This course is ideal for students in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Biology<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Business and Economics<\/li>\n<li>Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Environmental Studies<\/li>\n<li>Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Social Sciences<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Any field where data-driven decision-making is essential<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Course Examples<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Plant Growth Study<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12805 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/04\/Plant-Growth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/04\/Plant-Growth.jpg 376w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/04\/Plant-Growth-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A botanist is interested in investigating how Sunlight (Low vs. Medium vs. High) and Watering Frequency (Weekly vs. Daily) affect plant growth (measured by height).<\/p>\n<p>How do they examine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The individual effect of sunlight?<\/li>\n<li>The individual effect of watering frequency?<\/li>\n<li>Whether there is an interaction effect between sunlight and watering frequencies on plant growth?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Investigating Time to Cancer Relapse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12804\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/04\/Cancer--300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/04\/Cancer--300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/04\/Cancer--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/04\/Cancer--45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/04\/Cancer--65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2026\/04\/Cancer-.jpg 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a common form of lung cancer, and many patients experience cancer relapse even after successful initial treatment such as surgery or chemotherapy. An important clinical question is not only whether relapse occurs, <strong>but how long patients remain relapse-free<\/strong> after treatment. A new adjuvant therapy, <strong>Drug X<\/strong>, has been developed to delay cancer relapse. How can a research study investigate whether patients receiving Drug X have a <strong>longer time to relapse<\/strong> compared to patients receiving the current standard of care?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>More information:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nSee official Course Outline<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/calendar\/CourseOutlines\/PDFs\/STAT\/STAT271-20210226.pdf\">https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/calendar\/CourseOutlines\/PDFs\/STAT\/STAT271-20210226.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See all department\u2019s statistics course offerings and their descriptions<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/calendar\/current\/CourseDescriptions\/STAT.htm\">https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/calendar\/current\/CourseDescriptions\/STAT.htm\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This course is a hands-on, practical journey into the world of data analysis and statistical modeling. Using professional statistical software, students will learn to uncover patterns, test ideas, and make confident predictions from real-world data. Prerequisites:\u00a0One of the following: STAT 104 with a B, STAT 106, or STAT 270 Timetable:\u00a0Each Fall semester on Abbotsford Campus &#8230; <a title=\"STAT 271: Intro to Data Analysis &#038; Statistical Modeling\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2026\/04\/17\/check-this-out-stat-271-intro-to-data-analysis-statistical-modeling\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":12852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[493,324],"class_list":["post-12800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-mathstats","tag-data-analysis","tag-stats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12800"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12815,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12800\/revisions\/12815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}