Appli Stats Health Providers

Catalog description

Applied Statistics for Health Providers: This course provides an overview of the logic and appropriate use of descriptive and inferential statistical techniques most commonly reported in the research literature of the health professions. Topics include hypothesis testing, statistical power and effect size, and a review of parametric and nonparametric procedures. Across topics, emphasis is placed on 1) the underlying logic of statistical assumptions, approaches and procedures, 2) interpretation of research findings and implications for practice, and 3) evaluation and critical appraisal of published research.