STAT 505 - Biostatistics I

Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 3

This course focuses on the introduction of statistics and application of statisticalmethods to data most often seen by medical practitioners and researchers. This course provides an introduction to the collection and analysis of public health and health care data. Elements of statistical inference, probability distributions, sampling, confidence intervals, and estimation of means and rates are reviewed with emphasis on application and critical interpretation of the results.