Course Basic Biostatistics - part 2

The course P1050/43 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.

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 TBAs

Venue: 
Aarhus University, Aarhus (other)

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:

• 19 February 2025 09:15 - 16:00
• 26 February 2025 09:15 - 16:00
• 05 March 2025 09:15 - 16:00
• 12 March 2025 09:15 - 16:00