HSTATS 451 Introductory Statistics

Prerequisites: None. This course introduces the student to the foundations of statistical concepts. Health care professionals increasingly rely on statistics for a wide range of uses: from describing clinical populations, to evaluating pharmaceutical outcomes, and even increasing efficiency of clinics and hospitals. As such, this course will provide a background on the kinds of statistical testing that are increasingly of use to those in the health fields. Topics include organizing data, measures of central tendency, probability, sampling, and statistical hypothesis testing. The course is taught conceptually with minimal emphasis on the mathematical derivation of the formulas. This self-paced course is offered in both full semester and shortened semester formats.

Credits

3