Advanced Biostatistical Methods I. 3 credits

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This course is the first in a two-course sequence in biostatistics that introduces statistical theory, methods, and computing which provide foundations to common biostatistical methods. It focuses on the design and analysis of the clinical trial, the cornerstone of the clinical biomedical research. Topics include the theory of randomization, randomization-based inference, power analysis, restricted, response-adaptive, and covariate-adaptive randomization, the modern theory of group sequential monitoring, statistical aspects of determination of dose-response relationships. Offered by Statistics . May not be repeated for credit.