Visitors not permitted. Enrollment deadline: April 10, 2024 11:59PM PST. Internet access required. Materials required.
Introduction to Statistical Methods for Life and Health Sciences
STATS XL 13
This introductory course for pre-health and pre-medical students covers the presentation and interpretation of data, descriptive statistics, and introduction to correlation, regression, and basic statistical inference.
Fall
Winter
Spring
Live Online
Starting at $995.00
As few as 11 weeks
5.0
What you can learn.
- Gain an appreciation for the study of statistics and understand the role it plays in life and health sciences
- Explore statistical methods used in data analysis
- Develop ability to reason and make conclusions based on data
- Understand sampling distributions
- Utilize Statistical Test selection (knowing when it is appropriate to use each test)
- Understand basic statistical inference (estimation, testing of means and proportions, ANOVA)
About this course:
This introductory course for pre-health professionals covers the presentation and interpretation of data, descriptive statistics, introduction to correlation and regression, and introduction to basic statistical inference (estimation, testing of means and proportions, ANOVA) using both bootstrap methods and parametric models. Transferable for UC credit.
Prerequisites
Three years of high school mathematics.
Spring 2024 Schedule
Date & Time
Details
Format
Live Online
Location:
Remote Classroom
Notes
Refund Deadline
No refunds after April 17, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Book:
Statistics for the Life Sciences
by Samuels, Witmer, Schaffner
ISBN 9780321989581
(Optional)
Book:
What Is a P-Value Anyway? 34 Stories to Help You Actually Understand Statistics
by Vickers, Andrew J.
Pearson Education
ISBN 9780321629302
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Thu Apr 4, 2024
6:00PM PT - 9:15PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Thu Apr 11, 2024
6:00PM PT - 9:15PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Thu Apr 18, 2024
6:00PM PT - 9:15PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Thu Apr 25, 2024
6:00PM PT - 9:15PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Thu May 2, 2024
6:00PM PT - 9:15PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Thu May 9, 2024
6:00PM PT - 9:15PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Thu May 16, 2024
6:00PM PT - 9:15PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Thu May 23, 2024
6:00PM PT - 9:15PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Thu May 30, 2024
6:00PM PT - 9:15PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Thu Jun 6, 2024
6:00PM PT - 9:15PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Thu Jun 13, 2024
6:00PM PT - 9:15PM PT
Remote Classroom
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