- Docente: Elena Nardi
- 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 Gaussian distribution. Estimate and confidence intervals. Comparison of proportions: chi-square test. Comparison of averages: Student's t test. Excel practical exercises are provided.
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 and practical excercises
Assessment methods
Multiple choice test
Teaching tools
The teaching material will be available electronically on : https://virtuale.unibo.it/
Office hours
See the website of Elena Nardi