STAT 387: Topics in Statitstics -- Biostatistics
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What is statistics good for? Take this course to learn about the very important, very marketable subject of biostatistics!
Biostatistics can be used to...
- ...save lives
- ...save the environment
- ...and get a great job!
Biostatistics is a rapidly growing field within statistics, with specialists working for pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, environmental non-profits, and a variety of other industries. Completion of this class will prepare you for a variety of graduate school opportunities or for many popular jobs in industry.
This course is for those who are interested in statistical methodology in life and health sciences. Applications are primarily drawn from the life and health sciences, including epidemiology, pharmacology (drug trials), ecology, and genetics. This course will count for the Statistical Methods minor as well as BS requirements for many majors. (Non-mathematics majors should talk with their academic advisors about the course counting for one of their majo degree requirements.)
- Instructor:
- Hyun-Joo Kim
- When:
- Fall 2007, MWF 9:30-10:20
- Prerequisite:
- Stat 190 or fulfillment of the Essential Skill in statistics.
Biostatistics
The course will present the fundamental concepts, terminology, and techniques of biostatistics including an introduction to clinical trials, sample size and power, nonparametric methods, categorical data analysis (contingency tables and relative risk), logistic regression, longitudinal (repeated measures) data analysis, and survival analysis. Although the course includes some material from other 300-level statistics classes, students primarily interested in these topics should (eventually) take STAT 375, STAT 378, or STAT 376.
If you have questions about the course, feel free to contact Prof. Kim for more information.M
