Statistics Course - February 2013

Nemours Biomedical Research Statistics Course

February 2013

Overview

    This Introductory Statistical Analysis course is designed to help students implement probability principles into research design and data collection processes, develop skills to organize and manipulate data systematically and efficiently and analyze real-world data using sound statistical techniques. Topics covered include set theory, probability laws and properties, study designs, numeric and graphic data descriptions, hypothesis tests and regression models. SPSS will be used for the purpose of data analysis. Participants are expected to be able to: 1) design practical studies to explore their outcomes of interest,; 2) manage, describe, assess and interpret real-world data; and 3) apply concepts and techniques introduced in the class to the reading of current research literatures.

Course Founder

  • Stephen Lawless, MD, MBA

Course Coordinator

  • H. Timothy Bunnell, PhD

Instructor

Data sets


Schedule - Click on the class 'Date' for notes, Task number for assignment, and Video session for recorded lecture


Week
Date
Topics
Task
Video / Articles
1
02/06/2013 Course Introduction n/a Session 1
2
02/13/2013 Probability probabilities and principles; Study Design 2 Session 2
3
02/20/2013 Descriptive statistics 3 Session 3
4
02/27/2013 Univariate data visualization 4 Session 4
5
03/06/2013 Bivariate data visualization 5 Session 5
6
03/13/2013 Cumulative review and application of analytic techniques from Sessions 1-5 n/a n/a
7
03/20/2013 Hypothesis tests I: 1-sample, 2-sample paired and 2-sample unpaired T tests, Wilcoxon test, Mann Whitney test 7 Session 7
8
03/27/2013 Hypothesis tests II: Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test; Odds and odds ratio 8 Session 8
9
04/03/2013 Cumulative Review and Application of Analytic Techniques from Sessions 1-8; *Statistical Data Analysis Case Study   Session 9a
Session 9b
10
04/10/2013 Cumulative Review and Application of Analytic Techniques; Statstical Data Analysis Case Study; *Discussion on Analyses from Current Research Literature   Session 10

* if time allows

Resources

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