Course Basic Biostatistics - part 1

ECTS: 3.2

Course leader: Erik Thorlund Parner

Language: English

Graduate school: Faculty of Health

Graduate program: PH

Course fee: 3,840.00 DKK

Status: Course is open for application

Semester: Fall 2027

Application deadline: 09/08/2027

Cancellation deadline: 23/08/2027

Course type: Blended learning

Start date: 06/09/2027

Requirements for participation

Participants are expected to be familiar with their statistical package.

Tentative course dates

Please note that the course dates are tentative until we have confirmation on the auditorium. Should there be changes in the course dates a mail will be sent to all who has registered and the waiting list.

The course P1050/48 Basic Biostatistics Part 1 is being offered by the Graduate School of Health, Aarhus University, 2027.

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:
Participants are expected to be familiar (worked with data management) with their statistical package.

Aim: 

The course provides the students with basic skills using the most common, simple 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
  5. Make simple calculations of sample sizes for the planning of a comparative study

Workload:
The full workload of the course is expected to be 60 hours

Content: 
Basic statistical concepts such as mean, standard deviation, model, estimate, test, p-value, and confidence interval. One and two sample problems, paired data. Non-parametric methods. The binomial distribution, and analysis of cross tabulated data. Model diagnostics. Power and sample size calculations. The course material illustrates the analysis using the statistical packages Stata and R. 

Instructors: 
Professor Erik Thorlund Parner and TBAs

Venue: Aarhus University, Aarhus (other)

Participation in the course is without cost for:

Course dates:

  • 06 September 2027 08:00 - 15:00
  • 13 September 2027 08:00 - 15:00
  • 20 September 2027 08:00 - 15:00
  • 27 September 2027 08:00 - 15:00