Intro Biostatistics: 3 semester hours

Catalog description

Descriptive statistics, data presentation, counting techniques, probability theory concepts, application of Bayes' theorem, random numbers, random variables, discrete and continuous random variables, binomial distribution, Poisson distribution, multinomial distribution, normal distribution, exponential distribution, lognormal distribution, the central limit theorem, covariance, correlation, point and internal estimation, hypothesis testing, p-values, simple linear regression, analysis of categorical data, applications in biology and biomedicine. Prerequisites: MATH 2413 or MATH 1124.