BIOS 6221 - Biostatistical Methods I

[4 Credits]

Three hours of lecture and two hours of lab per week. General introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics: techniques and principles for summarizing data, estimation, hypothesis testing, and decision-making. Students are instructed on the proper use of statistical software to manage, manipulate, and analyze data and to prepare summary reports and graphical displays. Examples and problems from the health sciences are used throughout. Laboratory sessions will be held in the SoPH computing lab and are designed to closely follow lecture material. (Non-biostatistics majors only.)