Course Description Biostatistics is an introductory course designed for first year medical students. It covers descriptive graphical and numerical measures, probability concepts, hypothesis testing, confidence interval estimation, two- sample t-tests, two-sample nonparametric tests, simple categorical data analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and correlation. Course Objectives The main objectives of this course include promoting self-direct learning, reasoning, and problem-solving abilities utilizing basic biostatistical techniques.  At the end of this course students will be able to: -Perform basic biostatistical analysis using a statistical software, (SPSS) -Have better understanding and begin to interpret main results of medical and public health research articles -Participate in medical and public health research

Semester: Spring

Offered: Tue, 01/06/2015 - 02:12

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