Aim:

The course will give an introduction to modern statistical methods in medical research

Contents:

The course will give the students knowledge about:

Study design, probability theory, descriptive statistics, diagnostic tests, fundamental distributions, important methodical concepts/measures, hypothesis testing, estimation, fundamental test procedures, correlation, logistic regression and survival analysis

Knowledge

After completing the course, the students should be able to explain the concepts

- research design

- probability theory

- descriptive statistics

- diagnostic tests

- fundamental distributions

- important methodical concepts/measures

- estimation and hypothesis testing

- correlation and regression

- logistic regression and survival analysis

Skills

After completing the course, the students should be able to

- describe a collection of observations both numerically and graphically

- calculate p-values and confidence intervals and interpret these in simple standard situations

- perform statistical analysis on medical data

General skills

After completing the course, the students should be able to

- critically evaluate the use of statistics in medical literature

The teaching is based on 28 hours of lectures and 8 hours of group work.

Several assignments are handed out during the course. The students work with these in groups, assisted by a colloquium leader.

Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care

E-mail: studie@igs.uib.no

Course coordinator: Rolv Skjærven

http://www.uib.no/persons/Rolv.Skjarven