BST 700 Biostatistics
BIOSTATISTICS (3). Principles and application of statistical methods to analyze data arising from a wide variety of applications. Topics include descriptive statistics, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, inference for a single population, comparisons between two populations, one- and two-way analysis of variance, comparisons among population means, analysis of categorical data, and correlation and regression analysis. Introduces interactive computing through SPSS and SAS statistical software. Examples drawn from microbiological and biomedical literature. Emphasizes basic principles and criteria for selection of statistical techniques. For M.S, and PhD student enrollment.