| University of Minnesota | |
| School of Public Health | Division of Biostatistics |
PubH 6451 is the second semester of an introduction to biostatistics, statistical methods applied in the health sciences. This course covers a broad range of methods, with a focus on their practical use and interpretation in clinical trials and observational studies. Themes of the course are understanding interactions and adjusting comparisons by regression or stratification. An assigned paper from a health journal is part of each homework: students will repeat the analysis in the paper and critique the methods and results. Computations will be illustrated in SAS, with discussion of basic programming elements and output for the homework.
The course covers methods for working with measurements that are continuous (t-tests, linear regression, ANOVA), that occur in categories (risk, rates, odds, logistic and Poisson regression), and that record the time until an event occurs (survival data, proportional hazards regression).
Prerequisites: completing either PubH 6420 and PubH 6450, or PubH 6414 and 6415, with grade of at least B; health sciences grad student; or instructor's permission.
Office hours: Wednesdays 2:30 - 3:30 in Mayo A-460.
I recommend doing the coursework with PC-SAS on your own computer.
Get PC-SAS through the University of Minnesota for $120 per year.
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