Statistical Inference

Catalog description

Pre-requisite: BIOE 6525 or equivalent. This course is intended to develop skills to applied inference statistics in the field of public health. Through interactive lectures and group discussion, students will learn the main topics of the course are the following: evaluation of statistical hypot heses to compare two independent samples, analysis of categorical data, analysis of variance for fixed and random effects, multiple comparisons, stratified analysis and analysis of longitudinal studies. In-class practical exercises will be use to implement inferential statistical methods on database using software like STATA, or other open source software. Students are expected to select and apply appropriate inference statistical in public health issue analysis.