Course Basic Biostatistics - part 2

The course P1050/42 Basic Biostatistics part 2 is being offered by the Graduate School of Health, Aarhus University, 2024.

Criteria for participation: 
University degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, or Master’s degree in other fields and/or postgraduate research fellows (PhD students and research-year medical students).

Requirements for participation:
Requires knowledge of the topics of Basic Biostatistics part 1. For users of the statistical package Stata or R.

Please note, that you have to declare if you have passed Basic Biostatistics Part 1. If you have not yet completed Basic Biostatistics Part1 but you have registered for Basic Biostatistics Part 1, please note this in the comment box and just register for the course.

Aim: 
The course provides an introduction to more advanced statistical models and analyzes in medical research

Learning outcomes: 

1. Document and handle data needed for a statistical analysis
2. Chose a relevant statistical model for a given research question and evaluate the assumptions of the statistical analysis
3. Perform a statistical analysis based on the chosen model
4. Describe the results of the statistical analysis, and discuss the results in relation to the scientific question

Workload:
The full workload of the course is expected to be 75 hours

Content: 
Correlation, analysis of variance and covariance, linear regression and binary regression. Simple survival analysis. Model diagnostics.

Instructors: 
Professor Erik Thorlund Parner and TBA

Venue:
 Aarhus University, Aarhus

Participation in the course is without cost for:

• PhD students, Health Research Year students from Aarhus University
• PhD students enrolled at partner universities of the Nordoc collaboration
• PhD students from other institutions in the open market agreement for PhD courses

Course dates:

• 02 October 2024 09:15 - 16:00
• 09 October 2024 09:15 - 16:00
• 23 October 2024 09:15 - 16:00
• 31 October 2024 09:15 - 16:00