Course: Introduction to Biostatistics
Schedule
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| Week 1: Describing Data and Theoretical Distributions | |
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Describing Data Part 1 |
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Describing Data Part 2 |
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| Week 2: Sampling Variability, Confidence Intervals, and p-values for Means and Differences in Means | |
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Sampling Variability and Confidence Intervals |
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An Introduction to Hypothesis Testing: The Paired t-Test |
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Comparing Means among Two (or More) Independent Populations |
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| Week 3: Measures of Association, Sampling Variability, Confidence Intervals and p-values for Binary Outcomes | |
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Simple Linear Regression |
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Comparing Proportions Between Two Independent Populations |
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When Time is of Interest: The Case for Survival Analysis |
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| Week 4: Time to Event Data and Study Design | |
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Study Design |
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Confounding and Effect Modification |
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