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Titel Basic Course in Medical Statistics - a distance course
Kursnummer 2609
Program 0-Inte del av forskarutbildningsprogram
Språk Engelska
Antal högskolepoäng 3.0
Noteringar Kursen uppfyller kraven för en allmänvetenskaplig kurs.
Datum 2021-12-06 -- 2021-12-17
Kursansvarig institution Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik
Särskild behörighet
Kursens syfte The aim of the course is to introduce the basic statistical methods and the fundamental principles of statistical inference and to offer basic skills that involve hands on data analysis using statistical software.
Kursens lärandemål The course participants shall after the course be able to; 1) perform and interpret basic descriptive statistics from frequency tables and graphical presentations, 2) perform and interpret results from basic inferential statistical analysis and tests, 3) recognize and critically examine the statistics being presented in articles within the medical field of research.
Kursens innehåll Concepts being treated are descriptive vs inferential statistics, collection of data and study design, different types of data and level of measurement, independent and dependent samples, correlation and regression, hypothesis testing and different type of statistical errors in relation to the testing and data collection procedure. The major topics for the course are t-test, chi-square test, nonparametric test and regression analysis, and how to evaluate the assumptions for the different techniques.
Arbetsformer The course is a hybrid course mixing online studies with face-to-face in-class final seminars. The course activities are video lectures, self-study, self-assessment exercises, individual computer based exercises, and statistical software demonstration videos in Statistica and SPSS. The first and last day of the course will be face-to-face with an introduction the first day and seminars and group discussions the last day.
Obligatoriska moment Attendance is mandatory for the seminars on the last day of the course. If the student is absent, he or she will have priority for admission to the seminars the next time the course is offered. If a student joins the course when physically located in another country it is the student's responsibility to contact the course director in advance to agree on an individual supplementary task to compensate for the absence.
Examination Correct answers on the individual computer based exercises. The doctoral students will have to demonstrate their ability to recognize, critically examine and discuss the statistics presented in the medical articles during the seminars.
Kurslitteratur och övriga läromedel Recommended literature:
Medical Statistics - A textbook for the health sciences, 4th edition, Wiley by Michael J. Campbell et al. (2007). Accessible as e-book with KI-ID via KI-library (KIB).
Antal studenter 35 - 45
Urval av studenter Selection will be based on: 1) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date). Please make sure that you have entered the correct start date for doctoral education in your personal profile. 2) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant's doctoral project/post doctoral research (according to written motivation).
Övrig information Course dates (via Zoom): 6th December and 17th December (mandatory).
Ytterligare kursledare Mesfin Tessma
Senaste kursvärdering Kursvärderingsrapport
Kursansvarig Mesfin Tessma
Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik

Mesfin.Tessma@ki.se
Kontaktpersoner Karin Wrangö
Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik

karin.wrango@ki.se