Unit

School Of Health Sciences

Introduction to BiostatisticsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 401077.2

Discipline: HEALTH NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

Student Contribution Band: 2

Level: 7

Credit Points: 10

Assumed Knowledge
High school mathematics (arithmetic, formulas and algebra, reading graphs)

Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate course.

About this Unit
Most professions in the health sciences need to read and interpret statistics relating to individual health status, interpret health risks in communities, and engage in the evaluation of interventions, or impact of health policies or programs. Many public health practitioners are actively involved in surveillance, quantitative research and/or evaluation. This unit provides students with the fundamental skills they need to analyse and interpret results from quantitative data collections. Content includes descriptive statistics, undertaking comparisons between groups, quantifying associations between variables, and statistical power. The unit is highly applied with the main focus being on interpretation and appraisal of statistical results and conducting analyses using statistical software.

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