Introduction to Biostatistics Summer School

 

Aim of the School

By the end of the course, delegates should be able to:

• identify some basic study designs
• classify different types of variable
• determine appropriate summary measures, including graphical display
• evaluate confidence intervals and hypothesis testing
• discuss correlation
• explain techniques for assessing agreement
• perform sample size calculations for simple situations
• interpret risk and odds ratios
• implement Kaplan-Meier and Log Rank analysis for survival data
• evaluate some screening statistics
• implement analysis in a suitable computer package
• appraise some examples from published literature

 

 

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