- Docente: Maria Letizia Bacchi Reggiani
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/42
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Midwifery (cod. 8471)
Course contents
Introduction to epidemiology. Measuring health and disease: frequency, prevalence, incidence, rates. Characteristics of clinical studies. Descriptive statistics: numerical and graphical methods for organizing and summarizing data .Frequency distribution. Descriptive statistics: numerical and graphical methods for organizing and summarizing data . Measures of central tendency and dispersion
Readings/Bibliography
M.Bland Statistica Medica, Editrice Apogeo
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