GCC - 546 Principles of Biostatistics I

Covers statistical issues in clinical trial design. This includes blinding, randomization, bias and intent to treat. Use of descriptive statistics and graphical techniques to explore patterns in data. A review of the basic properties of probability and the characteristics of the normal and binomial distributions. One and two sample inference and hypothesis testing for proportions, means and medians, one-way analysis of variance and simple linear regression, including diagnostics based on residuals and confidence intervals for regression coefficients are covered. Hypotheses testing for cross-classified data are also discussed. Credit Hours: (2)