Catalog Course Description

An intensive introductory course in statistical methods used in applied research. Emphasis on principles of statistical reasoning, underlying assumptions, and careful interpretation of results. Topics covered: descriptive statistics, graphical displays of data, introduction to probability, expectations and variance of ramdom variables, confidence intervals and tests for means, differences of means, proportions, differences of proportions, chi-square tests for categorical variables, regression and multiple regression, an introduction to analysis of variance. Statistical software will be used to supplement hand calculation. Students who successfully complete Public Health 141 are prepared to continue their biostatistics course work in 200-level courses. With the approval of their degree program, MPH students may use Public Health 141 to fulfill the biostatistics course requirement (contact program manager for approval). Public Health 141 also fulfills the biostatistics course requirement for the Public Health Undergraduate Major.

Fall Term

1 hours of The exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week and 2 hours of Instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week and 9 hours of Outside Work Hours per week and 3 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week.

Summer Term

12.5 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 17.5 hours of Outside Work Hours per week and 7.5 hours of Instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week.

Spring Term

1 hours of The exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week and 2 hours of Instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week and 9 hours of Outside Work Hours per week and 3 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week.