CMPT155 Computer Applications

for Life Sciences

Instructor: Tina Tian

General InfoEmail: tina.tian@manhattan.eduOffice: RLC 203A Office Hours: Tuesday, Friday 1:00 – 2:00 PM

Wednesday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM or email to schedule an appointment

Website: home.manhattan.edu/~tina.tian/

About the Course Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00 - 11:50 AM

RLC 105

About the Course Tuesday, Friday 2:00 - 3:15 PM RLC 105

TextbookComputer Applications for Life Sciences,

Revised Edition, Joan Harnett, Linus Learning, 2014.

ISBN 13: 978-1-60797-501-4

Grading1st Midterm Exam (around the 5th week)

15%2nd Midterm Exam (around the 10th week)

15%Final Exam

30%Lab Assignments and Homework

35%Class performance and participation

5%

Attendance policyAttendance is required. Students are expected to attend all classes

and will be held responsible for all material covered during each class.

Electronic DevicesPlease do not check e-mail or visit websites

that are not relevant to the course during class.

It is a distraction, both for you and (more importantly) for your fellow classmates.

Please keep your phones silent during class.

About the HomeworkSubmission is on Moodle

(lms.manhattan.edu).Due in a week after being announcedNo late work is accepted.

Start the homework assignments early

Homework PolicyYou may discuss the homework with other

students.However, you must independently write up

your own solutions.

AdvicesAttend classesTake notesStay close to the computers and try out the

examplesAsk questions!Save your programs (on the home server or

in a flash drive).

Stretch break

About Excel 2010Well.. it is not free.But it is available on all campus computers.

RLC 203 is open until 10PMlibrary

What you can do with ExcelMS Word: create and edit documentsMS Excel: create, edit and analyze data that’s

organized into lists or tablesspreadsheet

What you can do with Excel“How many workdays are there between

today and the summer holiday?”GradesAnd more!

Common SpreadsheetsBusiness documents

financial statements, invoices, expense reports..

Personal documentsweekly budgets, shopping lists...

Scientific dataexperimental observations, models and medical

charts

Excel really shines in its ability to help you analyze a spreadsheet’s data.

ExampleState Cigarettes per person Lung Cancer Leukemia

California 2860 22.07 7.06

Idaho 2010 13.58 6.62

Illinois 2791 22.80 7.27

Indiana 2618 20.30 7.00

Iowa 2212 16.59 7.69

Kansas 2184 16.84 7.42

Kentucky 2344 17.71 6.41

Massachusetts 2692 22.04 6.89

Minnesota 2206 14.20 8.28

New York 2914 25.02 7.23

Alaska 3034 25.88 4.90

Nevada 4240 23.03 6.67

Utah 1400 12.01 6.71

Texas 2257 20.74 7.02

Deaths per year per 100,000 people

Scatter Plot

1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 45000

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30f(x) = 9.13889127789459 exp( 0.000286482489050536 x )

f(x) = − 2.69384132387827E-06 x² + 0.0204907259366309 x − 14.2177599196495

f(x) = − 3.2397332602933E-09 x³ + 2.45544584663939E-05 x² − 0.0507464168835701 x + 43.7233375242796f(x) = 0.00520225948164315 x + 6.19762831553413

Cigarettes vs. Lung Cancer

Lung CancerExponQuadCubicLinear

Cigarettes per person

Lung C

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r

3-D Pie Chart

Probability Distribution

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 790

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Normal Probabilities (US Male Heights)

Normal Probabilities

Height (inches)

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So don’t look down on Excel!

The RibbonChange from Excel 2003’s overly complex,

button-heavy toolbars to Excel 2010’s super toolbar.

Everything you want to do in Excel is packed into the ribbon.

KeyTipsTry press the Alt key.Some other shortcuts:

Ctrl + C (Copy)Ctrl + V (Paste)Ctrl + X (Cut)Ctrl + S (Save)

Backstage View

Try

Options