Biostatistics I
- Course Number
- CHL5201H
- Series
- 5200 (Biostatistics)
- Format
- Tutorials
- Course Instructor(s)
- Kevin E Thorpe, Lennon Li, Jenna Sykes
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 | 20% |
| Final Exam | 40% |