CHS - 501 Introduction to Biostatistics for the Health Scientist

This course will concentrate on concepts and procedures for descriptive and inferential statistics for continuous and discrete data and data analysis using parametric and nonparametric statistical procedures. The course is designed to develop the student’s knowledge in the use and application of statistics in the practice of research administration. Descriptive statistics, normality, probability and nonprobability sampling, parametric and nonparametric hypothesis testing and simple and multilinear regression will be presented. Data collection strategies and data management techniques will also be taught. Prerequisite: Admission to the program. Credit Hours: (3)