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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 2023-02-13 -- 2023-02-24
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 field of medical 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 an online distance course. On the first day of the course there will be an introduction via Zoom. The teaching and learning methods include video lectures, self-study, individual self-assessment tests, computer-based application exercises, an individual examination, and statistical software demonstration videos in SPSS and R. Interaction with other participants or teachers will be possible via the discussion forum in Canvas throughout the course. Participants are welcomed to send e-mails to the teacher or attend open office hours on Zoom. There will be mandatory seminars and group discussions via Zoom the last day of the course.
Obligatoriska moment The computer-based exercises and the seminars on the last day of the course are mandatory. The course leader assesses whether and if so, how absence can be compensated. The individual examination must be completed to pass the course.
Examination Assessment of the intended learning outcomes by a passing grade on the individual examination. The participants will have to demonstrate their ability to perform, recognize, critically examine and discuss the statistics presented 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).

or later version;

Medical Statistics - A textbook for the health sciences, 5th edition, Wiley-Blackwell by Walters et al. (2021).
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 Mandatory attendance via zoom.
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Kursansvarig Henrike Häbel
Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik

henrike.habel@ki.se
Kontaktpersoner Nora Espahbodi
Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik

nora.espahbodi@ki.se