Biostatistics (Level M) STATS5015
Academic Session: 2012-13
School: School of Mathematics and Statistics
Credits: 10
Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
Typically Offered: Semester 1
Available to Visiting Students: Yes
Short Description
To provide an appreciation of the application of statistical methods and concepts to problems in medicine, especially in clinical trials and epidemiological studies, and to discuss the principal ethical issues that arise. To introduce survival analysis as a means of modelling measurements made over an interval of time, such as the survival time of a patient (time from treatment to death). To expose students to uses and misuses of Statistics in the Biomedical literature.
Timetable
20 lectures
5 tutorials
2 two-hour practical sessions
Requirements of Entry
None.
Excluded Courses
MQMW Biostatistics
Assessment
90 minute, end-of-course examination (85%)
Essay (15%)
Main Assessment In: April/May
