Course description: Examines statistical approach to scientific inference; how to produce effective graphical and tabular displays of research information and aspects of the design and analysis of data from observational and experimental clinical studies.
Course objectives: Read, understand, and critically discuss quantitative methods used in the scientific literature on clinical investigation. Analyze and interpret basic quantitative data.
Required text: Dawson and Trapp Recommended: Gonick and Smith
Useful links: [ General course info | JHSPH Biostatistics Center | Academic calendar ]
IMPORTANT! Here are the instructions for the final report. You should write a candid and objective critique, so you shouldn't be a co-author on the paper that you critique for the report.
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