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MATH 2070 - Biostatistics

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Biostatistics is an introduction to statistical concepts and reasoning with a focus on applications related to the health sciences. This course provides a survey of data and data types. Specific topics include tools for describing central tendency and variability in data; methods for performing inference on population means and proportions via sample data; statistical hypothesis testing and its application to group comparisons; and association.issues of effect and sample size. Research design will complement each analysis type. All computations will be computer software based and the emphasis is on interpretation and concepts.