STAT 145 - Biostatistics

Credit Hours: 2 (2+0)

Beneficiaries: College of Medicine - College of Dentistry - College of Medicala Sciences - College of Pharmacy.               

Text Book:
Biostatistics - Basic Concepts and Methodology for the Health Sciences .
Author: Wayne W. Daniel.
Publisher: Wiley, Ninth Edition.

Course Description:

Descriptive statistics, quantitative and qualitative data, graphic presentation. measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion. Simple probability rules, specificity, sensitivity and Bayes' rule, Binomial distribution, Poisson distribution, normal distribution and its applications. Confidence intervals of one and two population means and proportions. Tests of hypothesis about means and proportions and paired data.

Prerequisite: None

Co-requisite : None

Marks Distribution: 

• First Exam: 30 marks.
• Second Exam: 30 marks.
• Final Exam: 40 marks.