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    Apr 29, 2024  
2014-2015 Georgia Regents University Graduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Georgia Regents University Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

STAT 6300 - Introduction to Epidemiology and Biostatistics



This course serves as an introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics. The epidemiology portion of this course is intended to introduce students to epidemiology and its application to public health research and practice. It provides a conceptual foundation for further study of epidemiology; especially study design, quantitative concepts and methods, analysis, and interpretation. The biostatistics portion of this course offers an introduction to the basic statistical techniques used to analyze and interpret data in the biomedical, health sciences and related fields. Emphasis is on applications of these methods, with probability, discrete and continuous distribution, inferential statistics (estimation and hypothesis testing) for numeric and categorical data, non-parametric methods, analysis of variance, regression, and correlation topics covered.

Grade Mode: Normal, Audit

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3


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