Three Stooges fans will recall a 1930's episode about a bet between two
scientists: one contends the stooges can be trained to be civilized, the
other bets that they will remain as boors (he wins). This "nature vs.
nurture" debate was a preoccupation of the great early biostatisticians in
the early 20th century, and provided much of the fuel for the creation of
the field of biostatistics. Statistics.com offers a two-course sequence in
today's Biostatistics, starting January 27. Each course is 4 weeks long,
and taught by Prof. Abhaya Indrayan, co-author of “Medical Biostatistics.”
Online courses coming up:
Jan 27: Biostatistics 1 (more below)
Jan 20: Sensitivity Analysis for Missing Data
Jan 20: Clinical Trials - Pharmacokinetics and Bioequivalence
Mar 9: Biostatistics 2 (more below)
Mar 23: Survival Analysis
“Biostatistics 1 <http://bit.ly/yZSFLb>” covers the standard statistical
concepts from the medical and health sciences perspective (confidence
intervals, significance tests, sample size calculations, Bonferroni
adjustments for multiple comparisons). Topics relevant specifically to
this field are discussed in detail, including sensitivity-specificity,
predictive power, exact confidence intervals, and testing for superiority
vs. testing for bioequivalence. The focus in this course is on medical and
health applications rather than on method development.
“Biostatistics2<http://bit.ly/xqpjdW>”
covers the basic principles of design for randomized clinical trials,
receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curves, relative risk, odds ratios,
and introductory survival analysis.
Dr. Abhaya Indrayan, in addition to authoring “Medical Biostatistics,” (2nd
ed., CRC Press), has also written a book on medical research methods and
200 other publications. He is Chair of the Department of Biostatistics and
Medical Informatics at the College of Medical Sciences, University of
Delhi, and frequently provides biostatistical Consultation to the World
Health Organization, the World Bank and UNAIDS.
The course will require about 15 hours per week; there are no set hours
when you must be online. Access to a standard statistical software package
for use during the course is necessary. Ask questions and exchange
comments directly with Dr. Indrayan via a private discussion board
throughout the period.
Taking both Biostats 1 and 2 offers the option of university credit via the
American Council on Education's "CreditRecommendation
Service<http://bit.ly/zUsWwL>
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