Introduction to Statistical Methods for Life and Health Sciences

STATS XL 13

This introductory course for pre-health and pre-medical students covers the presentation and interpretation of data, descriptive statistics, and introduction to correlation, regression, and basic statistical inference.

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What you can learn.

  • Gain an appreciation for the study of statistics and understand the role it plays in life and health sciences
  • Explore statistical methods used in data analysis
  • Develop ability to reason and make conclusions based on data
  • Understand sampling distributions
  • Utilize Statistical Test selection (knowing when it is appropriate to use each test)
  • Understand basic statistical inference (estimation, testing of means and proportions, ANOVA)

About this course:

This introductory course for pre-health professionals covers the presentation and interpretation of data, descriptive statistics, introduction to correlation and regression, and introduction to basic statistical inference (estimation, testing of means and proportions, ANOVA) using both bootstrap methods and parametric models. Transferable for UC credit.
Prerequisites
Three years of high school mathematics.

Spring 2025 Schedule

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Instructor: Miles Chen
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Visitors not permitted. Enrollment deadline: April 06, 2025 11:59PM PST. Internet access required. Materials required.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after April 13, 2025
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Book: Statistics for the Life Sciences by Samuels, Witmer, Schaffner
ISBN 9780321989581
(Optional) Book: What Is a P-Value Anyway? 34 Stories to Help You Actually Understand Statistics by Vickers, Andrew J.
Pearson Education
ISBN 9780321629302
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Thu Apr 17, 2025
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Thu Apr 24, 2025
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Thu May 1, 2025
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Thu May 8, 2025
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Thu May 15, 2025
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Thu May 22, 2025
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Thu May 29, 2025
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Thu Jun 5, 2025
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Thu Jun 12, 2025
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Thursday 6:00PM - 9:00PM PT
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Instructor: Miles Chen
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Not open for credit to students with credit for STATS 10, 11, 12 or 14.

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Enrollment deadline: June 29, 2025 11:59PM. Last day to drop: July 6, 2025 11:59PM. Last day to transfer: June 29, 2025 11:59PM. Internet access required. Materials required.

Enrollment is typically reserved for adult students 18 years of age and older. Students under 18 years of age may receive consent to enroll based on special academic competence and approval by the instructor. If you are a student under 18 years of age, you must submit a request to enroll in the course 8 weeks before the course start date to hss@uclaextension.edu for your request to be considered.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after July 06, 2025
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Book: Statistics for the Life Sciences by Samuels, Witmer, Schaffner
ISBN 9780321989581
(Optional) Book: What is a p-value anyway? by Vickers
ISBN 9780321629302
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Thu Jul 31, 2025
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