Biostatistics and research Analysis

Introduction to important topics in medical statistical concepts and reasoning. Each topic will be introduced with examples from published clinical research papers; that will expose learner to hands-on data analysis using real-life datasets. This course also represents an introduction to basic epidemiological concepts covering study designs and sample size computation. Open-source, easy-to-use software will be used such as R Commander, SPSS and PS sample size software. While there are some formulae and computational elements to the course, the emphasis is on concepts and interpretation of data.