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Biostatistics & Demography
BNS 224: Biostatistics & Demography
A course on the principles of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting health data, alongside the study of human population dynamics.
Course Content
Explore the detailed topics covered in Biostatistics and Demography.
Introduction to Biostatistics
Principles of StatisticsNotes coming soon
Study Designs in Health ResearchNotes coming soon
Sampling Methods & Sample SizeNotes coming soon
Data Collection & CleaningNotes coming soon
Measures of Central Tendency & VariationNotes coming soon
Probability TheoryNotes coming soon
Data PresentationNotes coming soon
Inferential Statistics
Statistical Inference & HypothesesNotes coming soon
Significance & Confidence IntervalsNotes coming soon
Chi-Square TestNotes coming soon
Comparison of Means (t-tests)Notes coming soon
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)Notes coming soon
Correlation and RegressionNotes coming soon
Non-parametric MethodsNotes coming soon
Biostatistics in Health Care and Research
Organizing Information for PolicyNotes coming soon
Principles in Healthcare ResearchNotes coming soon
Predicting Health Conditions & DisastersNotes coming soon
Principles in Demography
Introduction to DemographyNotes coming soon
Sources of Demographic DataNotes coming soon
Basic Demographic MeasuresNotes coming soon
Population Size & CompositionNotes coming soon
Demographic Processes (Fertility, etc.)Notes coming soon
Population and DevelopmentNotes coming soon
Key References
A selection of key texts and resources cited in this course unit.
- Bland, M. (2000). An introduction to Medical Statistics, Third Edition, Oxford University Press
- Dinitz, M. (2004). Medical Statistics Made Easy. Taylor and Francis Group plc.
- Campbell, MJ, Machin, D & Walters, SJ (2007) Medical Statistics: Wiley-Interscience;
- Yaukey, D, Anderton, DL & Lundquist, JH (2007) Demography: Waveland Press
- Katz, DL, Jekel, JF at al (2007) Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine; Saunders
- Gordis, L. (2004) Epidemiology (3rd Ed). Philadelphia: Saunders Company
