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
MATH 903 Intermediate Algebra for College Students or three years of high school mathematics.

Fall 2021 Schedule

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Thursday 6:00PM - 9:15PM PT
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Instructor: Miles Chen
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$985.00
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ENROLL BY: Sep 23, 2021
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Notes

No Lecture: November 11,2021 and November 25, 2021

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: September 30, 2021. Internet access required. Materials required.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after October 06, 2021
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 Sep 23, 2021
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Thu Sep 30, 2021
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Thu Oct 7, 2021
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Thu Oct 14, 2021
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Thu Oct 21, 2021
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Thu Oct 28, 2021
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Thu Nov 4, 2021
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Thu Nov 18, 2021
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Thu Dec 2, 2021
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Thu Dec 9, 2021
6:00PM PT - 9:15PM PT
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