State of evaluation:
eval
Submission Category:
department project
Discipline:
natural science, including agriculture
The program is mainly used in:
biostatistics
Statistics for Bioscientists
Quercus is a suite of interactive applications designed to tutor biosciencestudents in the basic techniques of statistical data analysis (using Minitab), and report writing.
Name:
McCloskey
First Name:
Moya
Institution:
Dept. of Statistics and Modelling Science, University of Strathclyde
Street:
26 Richmond Street.
Zip-Code:
G1 1XH
City:
GLASGOW
Country
United Kingdom
Phone:
0141 5524400 ext 3664
Fax:
0141 552 2079
E-Mail:
cal@stams.strath.ac.uk
Hard- and software needed to run the program:
Computer type and processor:
IBM compatible P.C. 386 (or better)
Graphic device:
VGA colour
RAM:
4
Harddisk space:
9 mb free
Other harware needed:
none
Operating system and shell:
Windows 3.1
Other software needed:
Minitab for Windows 9 (or later version)
Remarks:
Since to teach students to analyse data using Minitab is one ofthe major aims of the Quercus Project, the Minitab package is essential. You will be asked tospecify the pathname for Minitab when you in
nstall Quercus.Quercus and Minitab are designed to be run simultaneously. In order that Quercus does not take up too much of the screen werecommend that (in Windows Setup), you set the display to "Sup
er VGA 800x600", ifpossible.
