- Docente: Ada Dormi
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biomedical Laboratory techniques (cod. 8484)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student has the knowledge of the basic elements for the proper and proper use of the data; Acquires the tools for a critical reading of medical literature, and the ability to interact with SSN for epidemiological assessments or quality audits.
Course contents
Descriptive statistics: group data, frequency distributions, central trend measures, dispersion measures.
Probability Distributions: binomial distribution and continuous distribution, normal distribution and student t distribution, inferential statistics: estimation and hypothesis verification. Trust 95% confidence. Epidemiological studies and clinical trials, epidemiological indicators: prevalence, incidence, relative risk and odds ratio.
Readings/Bibliography
Libro di testo consigliato: "Principi di Statistica ed Epidemiologia per lauree sanitarie"- Bacchi Reggiani, Baldi Cosseddu e Dormi - soc. editrice ESCULAPIO
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures with slide support and, if necessary, blackboard for mathematical explanations
Assessment methods
Test written test with 15 questions closed, passing the exam with 10 correct answers, +2.2 for each correct answer -0.8 for wrong or no answer, faster
10 correct answers 18/30
11 correct answers 21/30
12 correct answers 24/30
13 correct answers 27/30
14 correct answers 30/30
15 correct answers 30 and praise
Teaching tools
Slides of downloadable lessons and classroom exercises with applied concepts
Office hours
See the website of Ada Dormi