Biostatistics I
- Course Number
- CHL5201H
- Series
- 5200 (Biostatistics)
- Format
- Tutorials
- Course Instructor(s)
- Kevin E Thorpe, Lennon Li
Course Description
This course is an introduction to statistical techniques and reasoning and will focus on both the theory and practice of biostatistics as it applies to epidemiology; descriptive and graphical methods, estimation, tests of hypotheses, applied to both means and proportions, in both paired and independent samples; simple linear regression, introduction to analysis of variance.
Course Objectives
- To develop basic statistical analysis skills required in epidemiologic and health care research.
- To be able to critically appraise basic statistical analysis used in epidemiology and health care research.
- To acquire practice in communicating those skills through presenting the results of statistical analysis and interpreting them both orally and in written work.
Methods of Assessment
| Problem sets | 40% |
| Weekly Quizzes | 40% |
| Final Exam | 20% |