Biostatistical Methods STAT 605 (3)

Intermediate statistical techniques for the health sciences. Review of introductory concepts in statistics and probability including hypothesis testing, estimation and confidence intervals for means and proportions. Contingency tables and the analysis of multiple 2x2 tables. Correlation and regression. Multiple regression and model selection. Logistic regression and odds ratios. Basic concepts in survival analysis. Prerequisite: Any course in Statistics. Open only to students in departments other than Statistics and Actuarial Science. Students with credit for STAT 305 may not take this course for further credit.