General description

The course gives the students knowledge on basic biostatistics and its use in public health research

Learning outcomes

The course gives the knowledge on basic biostatistics and its use in public research.

Contents

Structure of data matrix, types of variables
Descriptive statistics: frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and variation, measures of association
Statistical inference: hypothesis testing, the concept of confidence interval,
Ideas of sample size calculations

Further information on prerequisites and recommendations

Students have to register for the course on the internet at http://www.uta.fi/nettiopsu/. Deadline for the registration is two weeks before the course starts.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	12 h	0 h
Exercises	6 h	0 h

Exercises, assignment, feedback discussion

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Pass/fail.
The exercises and an assignment is evaluated on pass/failed.

Study materials

Reguired reading:

Swinscow TDW & Campbell MJ. Statistics at square one. BMJ Books 2002.

Altman D.G. Practical statistics for medical research. Chapman & Hall.

 

Belongs to following study modules