Biostatistics in Practice

Catalog description

Biostatistics in Practice offers Biostatistics students an opportunity to acquire and demonstrate proficiency in statistical collaboration, data analysis and scientific writing. The project is defined by several elements: A scientific question or hypothesis arising in medical research; the statistical methodology needed to address the question; the development of a study design and/or analysis of a relevant data set; and a summary of the results of these analyses. In most cases, a collaborating medical scientist provides the research question and the data. The student, under the supervision of a biostatistics faculty member, identifies the appropriate statistical methods and conducts the analysis. The analysis should be sufficiently extensive and detailed to support a manuscript publishable in the medical literature. Enrollment open to Biostatistics student only.