11406 - Statistics for Experimental Research

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