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Module Guide from winter term 2023/24

Modul UngenutztMA1600-MML

Biostatistics 1 (BioStat1)

Duration:


1 Semester
Turnus of offer:


each summer semester
Credit points:


4
Course of studies, specific field and terms:
Classes and lectures:
  • Biostatistics 1 (exercise, 1 SWS)
  • Biostatistics 1 (lecture, 2 SWS)
Workload:
  • 66 Hours private studies
  • 39 Hours in-classroom work
  • 15 Hours exam preparation
Contents of teaching:
  • Descriptive statistics
  • Probability theory, including random variables, density, and cumulative distribution function
  • Distributions, higher order moments
  • Diagnostic tests, reference range, normal range, coefficient of variation
  • Multiple Testing
  • Statistical testing
  • Sample size planning
  • Confidence intervals
  • Selected statistical tests I
  • Selected statistical tests II
  • Linear exponential family
  • Testing in linear exponential families
  • Clinical trials
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
  • Knowledge of the most important methods of descriptive statistics
  • Basic understanding of the approach to testing and estimation
  • Practice in basic statistical test and estimation methods
Grading through:
  • written exam
Is requisite for:
Responsible for this module:
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Ziegler
Teachers:
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Ziegler
Literature:
  • Matthias Rudolf, Wiltrud Kuhlisch: Biostatistik: Eine Einführung für Biowissenschaftler - ISBN-13 9783827372697
Language:
  • offered only in German
Letzte Änderung:
30.10.2015