Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: BIOSTATISTICS

Department: Statistics

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): STAT 410 or permission of instructor

Description: An overview of statistical methodologies useful in the practice of Biostatistics. Topics include epidemiology, rates, and proportions, categorical data analysis, regression, and logistic regression, retrospective studies, case-control studies, survival analysis. Real biomedical applications serve as context for evaluating assumptions of statistical methods and models. S-Plus (R) serves as computing software. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: STAT 553. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for STAT 453 if student has credit for STAT 553.