2009 Course Handbook
STAT395: Biostatistics and Epidemiology
This unit introduces a range of statistical concepts in the design and analysis of epidemiological studies. The first part of course presents an insight into the main types of study designs - cross-sectional surveys, case-control studies, cohort studies, and randomised control trials. Attention is given to the role of matching in the design of case-control studies. The second part of the unit introduces the statistical methods and modelling techniques used in analysing data derived using various epidemiological design strategies. These include the Mantel-Haenszel methods, logistic and Poisson regression, and survival analysis using the Kaplan-Meier method, the Cox proportional hazards model and its extensions. Students will use the statistical package SAS throughout the unit.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 4 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Luo |
| Prerequisites: | STAT270(P) or STAT271(P) or BIOL235(P) or PSY222(P) or PSY248(P) |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | STAT304 |
| Unit Designations: |
Social Science
Commerce; Economics Science Medical Sciences |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Statistics |
Timetable Information
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