Notes: Advanced Statistics

12 November 2007

Topic: Overview of Statistical Testing

The epidemiology of a disease => totality of the associations and inferences about a disease from epidemiologic data (Sanchez)


Inferential Statistics => Use of mathematical procedures to generate estimates, predictions, generalizations

Objectives: STATISTICS 203 - Advanced Statistics

Objectives:

General: At the end of the course the students shall have acquired sufficient knowledge in statistical inference to undertake test of hypothesis.

Specific:
1. formulate suitable hypothesis for a given problem
2. choose the appropriate statistical test
3. infer correct conclusions from reults of analysis

Course Content:
1. Statistical Testing in Research
2. Choosing Appropriate Statistical Tests
3. One-Sample Case
4. Two-Sample Case
- Related Samples
- Independent Samples
5. K Related Samples
6. K Independent Samples
7. Correlation and Test of Significance

Instructional Methods:
Lecture
Exercises
Homework

Instructor: Fernando Sanchez, MD, MPH

2nd Semester Class for 1st Year

Advanced Research Design (3 units)
- Dr. Aligue

Clinical Epidemiology (1 unit)
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Advanced Statistics (2 units)
- Fernando Sanchez, MD, MPH and Grace E. Brizuela, MD, MSPH, FPCP

Statistics for Managers (2 units)
- Fernando Sanchez, MD, MPH

Health Facility Management (2 units)
- Fernando Sanchez, MD, MPH

Total Quality Management (2 units)
- Dr. Quebral and Dr. Battad

Research Methods (2 units)
- Dr. Gonzales

Clinical Epidemiology (2 units)
- Fernando Sanchez, MD, MPH


Total: 16 units

University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center
Graduate School