PARAMETRIC STATISTICS FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH.

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This course provides basic knowledge and skills to select the appropriate biostatistical analysis for different research designs, analyze data, interpret statistical results, and understand research articles in professional journals. Emphasis will be placed on common research designs in health care research; analysis of variance (ANOVA), factorial ANOVA, ANCOVA, MANCOVA, simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, and power analysis. Proficiency in the use of a statistical software package as well as a power analysis software package will be achieved. Prerequisite: Graduate-level introductory statistics course.