| CODE | MDS3108 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Data Analysis and Statistics in Biomedical Sciences | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Medicine and Surgery | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit aims to give biomedical scientists a general introduction to statistics and statistical reasoning. The study-unit will specifically cover the following topics: - Introduction to statistics; - An introduction to statistical software; - Introduction to probability theory; - Hypothesis testing; - Categorical data analysis; - Comparing means; - Linear regression. The topics will be covered through a series of lectures and tutorials. The tutorials will expose students to a variety of data and tools to explore statistical analysis. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to give students an understanding of: - why we do statistics; - software is available to help them in their statistical analysis; - basic statistical tests. In particular, this study-unit focuses on understanding the resoning behind statistical concepts rather than using a recipe approach. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - reason about data using a frequentist framework; - explain the difference between frequentist and bayesean reasoning; - identify the appropriate statistical test for the data at hand; - describe the methods section of a scientific article. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - know the difference between GUI (eg JASP) and command line (eg R) software; - be comfortable using at least one type of statistical software; - do basic statistical analysis on real data. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Learning Statistics with JASP by Danielle J. Navarro, David R. Foxcroft, and Thomas J. Faulkenberry. - Learning Statistics with JAMOVI by Danielle J. Navarro and David R. Foxcroft. - Learning Statistics with R by Danielle J. Navarro. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Claude Julien Bajada |
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