Medical Statistics

Catalog description

This course covers statistical concepts that enable understanding of the medical literature including study design; summarizing and presenting data; relationships between two variables; probability and probability distributions; analysis of means, analysis of variance and covariance, methods of testing proportions; correlation; and regression. Mode of instruction for this course will utilize the principles and practices of team-based learning, with students organized in small teams for readiness assurances, application exercises, and a final project involving data analysis and report writing. Prerequisites: None. Credit: 4. (Degree Requirement) (Graded)