Biostatistics for Population Health Practice

Course aim

To provide students with a solid foundation in common statistical methods required for population health research practice, and exposure to and use of a statistical software package.

Course content

Understanding different types of data; common probability distributions and their applications; hypothesis testing; exploratory data analysis (graphs, descriptive statistics); statistical tests for continuous data (correlation, t-tests, analysis of variance) and categorical data (chi-square tests); non-parametric tests; regression analyses (linear regression, logistic regression, Poisson regression); confounding; time to event data (survival curves, Cox regression).

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Presentation, Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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