- Class Dates
- 01/16/2024 to 05/03/2024
- Units
- 3.0
- Delivered By
- Online Asynchronous
- Instructor(s)
-
Shengwu Shang
(sshang@ksu.edu) - Meeting Times
- Meets by Appt
- Meeting Location
- Distance Education
Fundamental Methods of Biostatistics
STAT 701 - Class Number: 13973
Description:
A course emphasizing concepts and practice of statistical data analysis for the health sciences. Basic techniques of descriptive and inferential statistical methods applied to health related surveys and designed experiments. Populations and samples, parameters and statistics; sampling distributions for hypothesis testing and confidence intervals for means and proportions involving one sample, paired samples and multiple independent samples; odds ratios, risk ratios, simple linear regression. Use of statistical software to facilitate the collection, manipulation, analysis and interpretation of health related data.
Permissions:
- Instructor Shengwu Shang's permission is required after 01/23/2024.
Prerequisites:
- Cross-listed MPH 701
- Enrollment Dates
- 10/23/2023 to 01/16/2024
- Enrollment Limit
- 40
Credit/Tuition Options
Enrollments received on or after the first day of class may be assessed a $65 special handling fee.
Courses in Kansas State University’s new tuition and fees structure charge by program type — campus-based or online — versus by individual course delivery format. Tuition and fees rates are available at k-state.edu/costs.