BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

COURSE OUTLINE

WEEK TOPICS
1 Course Orientation and PVMO Discussion
I. Introduction to Biostatistics
a. Nature of Biostatistics
2
b. Data Collection & Processing
c. Sampling
II. Descriptive Statistics
a. Data Presentation
i. Frequency distribution
ii. Tabular presentation
3
iii. Graphical presentation
b. Measures of Central Tendency
c. Measures of Dispersion
d. Measures of Location
III. Demography and Vital statistics
a. Overview on Demography
i. Foci and Uses of Demography
ii. Demographic data
iii. Tools of Demography
4 iv. Population composition and distribution
v. Population size
vi. Estimating and Projecting Populations
b. Vital Statistics
i. Health Indicator
ii. Rates, Ratio and Proportions
IV. Normal Distribution
a. Characteristics of the Normal Distribution
5 b. Importance of the Normal Distribution
c. Standard Normal Distribution
d. Applications of the Normal Distribution
6 PRELIM EXAM
V. Inferential Statistics
a. Overview of Inferential Statistics
7 b. Sampling Distribution
c. Steps in Hypothesis Testing
d. Criteria for Test Selection
VI. Analyzing Qualitative Data
a. Making Inferences for a Single Proportion
8
b. Making Inferences for Two Population
c. Chi-square (Test of Homogeneity)
VII. Analyzing Quantitative Data
a. Estimation of Population Mean
9 b. Hypothesis Testing of Population Mean
i. Hypothesis testing of a single mean
ii. Hypothesis testing of Two Means

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VIII. Investigating Relationships Between Variable (Part 1)

a. Graphical Approach
b. Chi-square Test of association or independence
10
c. Correlational Analysis
i. Spearman
ii. Pearson
VIII. Investigating Relationships Between Variable (Part 2)
d. Regression Analysis
i. Simple Linear
11 ii. Multiple Linear
IX. Analysis of Variance

12 MIDTERM
13 X. Introduction to Epidemiology
a. Definition and Function
b. Concept
c. Scope
d. Objective

14 XI. Epidemiological Design Strategies

a. Descriptive Epidemiology
b. Analytical Epidemiology

15 XII. Measures of Risk

a. Frequency measures
b. Morbidity, incidence and prevalence
c. Mortality rate
d. Measures of association, including risk ratio and odds ratio
e. Attributable Risk
16 XIII. Natural History and Spectrum of Disease
a. Concepts of Disease Occurrence
b. Chain of Infection
c. Epidemic Disease Occurrence
d. Epidemic Patterns
17 XIV. Investigating an Outbreak
a. Introduction
b. Steps of an outbreak investigation
18 FINAL EXAM

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