STAT 660 Biostatistical Methods

Prerequisite: STAT 554 or STAT 535 and a working knowledge of a statistical software package, such as SAS or SPSS.


Course Description:Focuses on biostatistical aspects of design and analysis of biomedical studies, including epidemiologic observational studies and randomized clinical trials. Topics include randomization principle, confounding, ethics in human experimentation, methods of randomization, stratification, primary outcome analyses, covariate-adjusted analyses, epidemiologic measures, and sample size and power computation. s

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Spring 09 Syllabus