Course Summary
This course will introduce you to the foundations and application of statistics in biological, medical and epidemiological fields. The course will begin with an introduction to summary statistics, data visualisation and probability as a measure for uncertainty. The course will then build upon these topics by introducing statistical data investigations, sampling, sampling distributions and confidence intervals as the basis for statistical inference. The course will finish with a series of modules looking at common hypothesis testing methods for different types of data. The course emphasises conceptual understanding, interpretation of statistical output and the use of statistical software packages for statistical computation.
Please note that if you take this course for a Bachelor Honours program, your overall mark in this course will be one of the course marks that will be used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level. (This applies to students who commence enrolment in a Bachelor Honours program from 1 January 2016 onwards. See the WAM information web page for more information.)