PBH600

This course is designed to teach master's level students the basic principles of biostatistical analysis, epidemiological analysis, and design and analysis of clinical trials. Topics include study design, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing; sample size and power calculations; analysis of variance; correlation and regression; multiple regression and statistical control of con- founding; and survival analysis. This course provides students with the skills to perform, present, and interpret basic statistical analyses. For the more advanced topics (regression techniques and survival analyses), the focus is on interpretative skills and critically reading the literature.

Graduate

School of Health Sciences