Course Description
A survey of statistical methods, with applications in public health and the biological sciences, including multiple regression, clinical trials, analysis of variance, categorical data analysis, and logistic regression. Motivating examples are drawn from public health and bio-medicine.
Athena Title
Intermed Biostat for Pub Hlth
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in BIOS 3000
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Prerequisite
BIOS 2010-2010L or STAT 2000
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course is intended to provide a second course in biostatistics to meet the requirements for the Public Health minor and B.S. in Health Promotion. All biostatistical concepts and procedures will be illustrated using public health and biomedical data. The successful student should be able to: 1. describe ethical and design issues in clinical trials, 2. implement relevant statistical procedures, 3. draw appropriate conclusions from results of statistical analyses.
Topical Outline
1. Introduction to Clinical Trials 2. Simple and Multiple Regression 3. Regression Diagnostics 4. One-Way Analysis of Variance 5. Analysis of Covariance 6. Categorical Data Analysis 7. Logistic Regression
Syllabus