BIOS 6102 - BIOSTATISTICAL METHODS II

[4 Credits]

Three hours of lecture and two hours of lab per week. General introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics: techniques and principles of summarizing data, estimation, hypothesis testing and decision-making. Students are instructed on the proper use of statistical software to manage, manipulate, and analyze data to prepare summary reports and graphical displays. Examples and problems from the health sciences are used throughout. Laboratory sessions will be conducted in the SoPH computing lab and will provide hands-on instruction to students on the proper use of statistical software to analyze data arising from linear and logistic regression models and multi-way ANOVA models. [Non-Biostatistics majors only].