- Docente: Cecilia Acuti Martellucci
- Credits: 2
- SSD: SECS-S/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Nursing and Midwifery Sciences (cod. 8488)
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from Nov 06, 2025 to Dec 02, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student must know complex statistical analysis methods and be able to critically interpret their results.
Course contents
- Basic statistical elements: continuous and categorical variables
- Frequency measures
- Association measures, their meaning and interpretation
- Statistical inference; meaning and interpretation of confidence intervals
- Verification of hypotheses within studies
- Interpretation of the p-values; statistical power
- Meta-analyses
- Number needed to treat and Number needed to harm
- Standardization of rates
- Methods for the creation and management of databases
- Presentation of the results of a study
Readings/Bibliography
Slides show in class
Teaching methods
In-person teaching.
Assessment methods
Written exam.
Office hours
See the website of Cecilia Acuti Martellucci