Academic Year 2017/2018
- Docente: Maria Letizia Bacchi Reggiani
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)
Course contents
Introduction to Epidemiology: prevalence, incidence, risk and odds. Diagnostic tests: sensitivity, specificity, predictive values. Descriptive statistics: numerical and graphical methods for organizing and summarizing data . Measures of central tendency and dispersion. Frequency distribution. The normal distribution. Estimate and confidence intervals. Comparison of proportions: chi-square test. Comparison of averages: Student's t test.
Readings/Bibliography
MM.Triola, MF Triola Fondamenti di statistica per le discipline biomediche, Editrice Pearson
M.Bland Statistica Medica, Editrice Apogeo
S.Glantz Statistica per Discipline Biomediche, Editrice McGrawHill
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Multiple choice test
Teaching tools
PC, video projector
Office hours
See the website of Maria Letizia Bacchi Reggiani