PHP-708 Biostatistics

INTRODUCTION

Biostatistics is the application of statistical science to research in health-related fields including medicine, biology, public health, nursing and pharmacy. It describes how to effectively collect data, describe data, and use data to make inferences and conclusions about real world phenomena.

OBJECTIVES

Objectives of this course are to:

Recognize the importance of data collection and its role in determining scope of inference.
Demonstrate a solid understanding of interval estimation and hypothesis testing.
Choose and apply appropriate statistical methods for analyzing one or two variables.
Use technology to perform descriptive and inferential data analysis for one or two variables.
Interpret statistical results correctly, effectively, and in context.
Understand and critique data-based claims.
Appreciate the power of data.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The intended learning outcomes of Biostatistics are to:

-advance statistical science and its application to problems of human health and disease.

-design studies and analyzing data from research problems.

-formulate the scientiEfic questions to be answered.

-determine appropriate sampling techniques,

-coordinate data collection procedures, and

-conduct statistical analyses to answer those scientific questions.

-prepare research material for publication

READINGS

1. Robert R. Sakal and F. James Rohlf, Introduction to Biostatistics 2nd Edition, Dover Publication Inc. Mineola, New York

2. Nilton, J.S. and Tsokos, J.D. Statistical Methods in Biological and Health Sciences, Mc Graw-Hill, 1983.