HSC 350 Biostatistics

This course provides the student with an overview of health science research and data analysis, the organization and summarization of data, and drawing inferences about the characteristics of sample data. Conceptual topics include study design, descriptive statistics, probability, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, inferential statistics, and decision-making. Statistical techniques include prevalence, incidence, odds ratio, relative risk, sensitivity, specificity, measures of central tendency, dispersion, and variability, measures of bivariate association (Pearson, Spearman, Chi-square), independent samples and paired samples (t-tests), between groups design (one-way and two-way ANOVA), repeated measures ANOVA and multivariable regression.



 

Credits

4

Prerequisite

ESC 110 or HSC 200 or HSC 236 or NUR 201.

Offered

fall and spring semesters