| Course ID: | BIOS 7020. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Introductory Biostatistics II |
Course
Description: | Introduction to a variety of statistical tools with applications
in public health and the biological sciences, including survey
sampling, multiple regression, experimental design, categorical
data analysis, logistic regression, and survival analysis.
Motivating examples will be drawn directly from the literature in
the health, biological, medical, and behavioral sciences. |
| Oasis Title: | INTRO BIOSTAT II |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in STAT 6220 or STAT 6320 |
| Prerequisite: | STAT 6200 or permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | This survey course is intended to introduce students in health
related fields to the diverse variety of statistical tools with
applications in the biological, medical and behavioral
sciences. Students completing this course should be able to
select what tools are appropriate to answer specific scientific
questions, implement their use using statistical software, and
communicate in writing the methods, results, and conclusions of
statistical analyses. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Design-based vs. model-based statistical inference
2. Public health survey design and analysis
3. Multiple regression model building and diagnostics
4. Experimental design
5. Categorical data analysis
6. Logistic regression
7. Survival analysis |