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Core Principles of Biostatistics and Epidemiology for Public Health Practice - Required LAB
ID 201LAB 001

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Description

This course will provide an introduction to the methods of biostatistics and epidemiology in the context of public health and clinical research. The focus will be on applications, providing students with the skills necessary to critically interpret issues related to study design and data analysis in the public health literature. The computer is used throughout the course. Lectures are complemented by seminars and weekly lab sessions. Topics include measures of frequency and association, study designs, bias, confounding, screening tests, probability distributions, estimation and statistical inference, sample size estimation, and regression methods.

School Harvard Chan School
Credits 0
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Department Biostatistics
Course Component Laboratory
Instruction Mode In Person
Grading Basis HSPH No Grade Associated
Course Requirements Students are required to enroll in ID 201 and ID 201LAB. To enroll in ID 201 LAB , students must first enroll in ID 201.