140.611.49
Statistical Reasoning in Public Health I

Location
Internet
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Biostatistics
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2025 - 2026
Instruction Method
Synchronous Online
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 1:30 - 5:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Natalie Blades
Contact Name
Ayesha Khan
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Provides students with a broad overview of biostatistical methods and concepts used in the public health sciences. Emphasizes the interpretation and conceptual foundations of statistical estimation and inference.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Provide examples of different types of data arising in public health studies
  2. Interpret differences in data distributions via visual displays
  3. Calculate and interpret confidence intervals for population means and proportions and incident rates using data from single samples
  4. Compute the mean difference and explain why a mean difference can be used to quantify differences in a continuous measure between two samples (and ultimately two populations)
  5. Compute risk differences, relative risks and odds ratio
  6. Compare, contrast, and interpret relative risks and odds ratios when comparing binary outcomes between two populations
  7. Compute incidence rates and incidence rate ratios
  8. Construct, and interpret, Kaplan-Meier estimates of the survival function that describes the "survival experience" of a cohort of subjects
  9. Explain and unify the concept of a confidence interval whether it be for a single population quantity, or a comparison of populations
  10. Perform hypothesis tests for populations comparisons and interpret the resulting p-values
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 100% Exam(s)
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

Offered as hybrid course with both an onsite section (140.611.11) and synchronous online section (140.611.49). Please choose the course format you need (either in-person or online) when registering in SIS. This section will be taught online via Zoom, on the dates and times the course is scheduled.