Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic discipline
MED/01 (MEDICAL STATISTICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY "LAZZARO SPALLANZANI"
Course
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2022 - 14/06/2022)
Lesson hours
48 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of mathematics provided in upper secondary school.
Learning outcomes
the course aims at providing the basic concepts of the descriptive and inferential statistics for a proper understanding and interpretation of biological data and results arising from their analysis.
Course contents
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
Introduction to statistics, descriptive and inferential statistics, population and sample, variables and types of data;
frequency distributions (absolute, relative and cumulative) and data representation (tables and graphs);
location and dispersion indexes.
PROBABILITY
Probability theory and type of events;
random variables, discrete and continuous probability distributions, statistical tables.
INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
Sampling distribution of the mean, the central limit theorem, point and interval estimation;
hypothesis testing, null and alternative hypothesis, type I and II errors;
comparing two means: parametric and non-parametric tests (for paired and independent data);
comparing more than two means: analysis of variance (ANOVA) and adjustment for multiple comparisons;
contingency tables and association analysis;
correlation and simple linear regression;
introduction to experimental design.
Teaching methods
Lectures with examples from real practice
Reccomended or required readings
MC Whitlock, D Schluter. ANALISI STATISTICA DEI DATI BIOLOGICI. Zanichelli Editore
Assessment methods
Written examination consisting of multiple choice question, open questions and practical exercises
Further information
Written examination consisting of multiple choice question, open questions and practical exercises
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