FMPH 400. Introduction to Biostatistics (4 units)
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Description
Students will understand principles of measurement of clinical data, recognize data types, and determine statistical methods for analysis of a given data set. They will gain experience in preparing a clinical dataset for analysis by statistical software. They will learn skills to conduct graphical and numerical exploratory data analysis; comparative tests of categorical, ordinal, and continuous data; linear and logistic regression; and survival analysis by life table and Kaplan-Meier techniques. Prerequisites: must be enrolled in MPH program (FM75) or program approval.
Prerequisite courses
FMPH 400 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
FMPH 400 is a prerequisite of the following 3 courses: