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Department of Statistics Faculty

Biostatistics STAT 453

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Course Description: An overview of statistical methodologies useful in the practice of Biostatistics. Topics include epidemiology, rates, and proportions, categorical data analysis, regression, and logistic regression, retrospective studies, case-control studies, survival analysis. Real biomedical applications serve as context for evaluating assumptions of statistical methods and models. R serves as the computing software. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: STAT 553.

Equivalent course: STAT 553

Prerequisite: STAT 410 or permission of instructor