Academic Year 2018/2019
- Docente: Maria Letizia Bacchi Reggiani
- Credits: 2
- SSD: SECS-S/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Dietistic (cod. 8470)
Course contents
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. Diagnostic tests: sensitivity, specificity, predictive values. Introduction to Epidemiology: prevalence, incidence, risk and odds.
Readings/Bibliography
M.Triola, F.Triola Fondamenti di Statistica per le discipline
biomediche, Editrice Pearson
S.Glantz Statistica per Discipline Biomediche, Editrice
McGrawHill
Teaching methods
Lectures
Computer session
Assessment methods
Multiple choice test
Teaching tools
PC, video projector
Office hours
See the website of Maria Letizia Bacchi Reggiani