Course Contents

Definition of Biostatistics, the type of variables and observations in biological, health and medical sciences, Uniqueness in terms of behaviors of variables, their domain and units; Categorical, numerical and censored data. Populations, Target populations and samples; Role of sampling in Biostatistics, Size of samples of various types of studies, Proportions, rates and ratios; incidence, prevalence and odds. Distributional behaviors of biological variables (Binomial, Poisson and Normal), Role of transformation for analysis of biological variables. Probit and Logit transformation and their analysis, Evolution of p values, its importance and role. Confidence interval in simple and composite hypothesis testing.

Course Synopsis

To familiarize students with application of statistical tools and methods in medical sciences.

Course Learning Outcomes

The students would be able to use statistical techniques to analyze medical data. The students can describe basic concepts of probability, random variation and commonly used statistical probability distributions. The students can apply descriptive techniques and statistical methods for inference in medical research. The students can be able to interpret results of statistical analysis in medical studies.