This course introduces basic principles and applications of statistics to problems in clinical research. Topics covered include descriptive statistics, probability and random variation, sampling, hypothesis testing, proportions, measures of frequency, t-tests, chi-square tests, one-way analysis of variance, correlation, linear regression and nonparametric statistics. This course has a required Laboratory (NUTR 0206.1L) linked to the NUTR 0206.01 course and it is cross-listed with the Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences' CTS 0527. NOTE: Students cannot receive semester hour units for both NUTR 206 Biostatistics I and its counterpart NUTR 207: Statistical Methods of Nutrition Science and Policy.
Please bring your laptop to each class session and each lab session.
Lecture class sessions will meet in the Medical Education Building (across the street from Jaharis Center) in Room 507 during the fall semester except on October 31 when class will meet in the Medical Education Building, Room TBD, and except on November 7 when class will meet in the Medical Education Building, Room 221.
Instructor: Dr. Angie Rodday