Introduction to Statistical Methods

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This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts in statistics and their use in clinical research. Through class lectures, in class demonstrations, directed in class exercises and discussion of representative research reports from peer-reviewed journals, students are introduced to the core concepts in statistics, including: composition of data sets, descriptive statistics, hypothesis formulation, statistical significance, confidence intervals, statistical power, common statistical tests and basic statistical models. Basic statistical computations and introductory data analyses will be performed using R a multi-platform (e.g., Windows, UNIX, MacOS) free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. Prerequisite: None. Credits: 4.