Introduction to statistics for medicine (biostatistics). This 0.25 FCE course (MSC1107H) is primarily for students in a MSc, PhD, or residency/ fellowship program that has a requirement of a data analysis. Students learn about important fundamental statistical principles by studying the analysis of real data. These analyses introduce students to the following four outcome variables:
– Continuous: serum cholesterol, BMI and FVC
– Binary: death or cure yes/no
– Count: number of deaths, number of cures
– Survival time: time to death, time to cure
The course will include the statistics of diagnostic accuracy and agreement, two important tools in medical research. Students must complete an analysis of data collected during their program. Topics of discussion:
– Paired and unpaired proportions
– Paired and unpaired means
– Frequency data and diagnostic tests
– Statistical design
– Agreement
Course Session Schedule for Summer 2023
The “Biostatistics in a Nutshell” course starts on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 running alternate Wednesdays for 6 weeks. Discussion sessions will run from 6.00pm – 7.30pm in-person (room MS4171 in the Medical Sciences Building at UofT) and virtual:
Link to Video Discussion Sessions: (once session has passed, the link will be to the recording)
- May 3rd
- May 17th
- May 31st
- June 7th
- June 14th
- June 28th
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Assigned video lectures are available my YouTube channel here (see playlists).
Week 1
Introduction to the course