STATISTICS FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
STATISTICA PER LE SCIENZE BIOMEDICHE
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2021/2022 | 6 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Marco Bruno Luigi Rocchi | tuesday 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and by appointment after class |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to give students a methodological training and basic statistics, not separated from the acquisition of an operational capability in the face of real problems
Program
1. Outline of probability.
2. Population and sample.
3. Measuring scale variables.
4. Main indices of position (arithmetic mean, median and mode)
and dispersion (variation range, variance, standard deviation, coefficient of variation,
quartiles, interquartile range).
5. bivariate statistics: regression and correlation.
6. Main distributions: Binomial, Poisson, Gaussian.
7. The sampling distributions: distribution of the sample mean and t-distribution.
8. Test: the z test; the Student t test (for one and two samples).
9. Confidence intervals for the means and proportions.
10. Anova and nonparametric statistics
11. The scientific method and unscientific methods
12. The research protocol
13. The rationale
14. The literature search
15. Randomization
16. Blindness
17. Experimental design
18. Sample size
19. Assessment tools and their properties: reliability, validity, responsiveness, least significant difference, sensitivity and specificity
20. Deviations from the protocol and their treatment
21. Critical reading a scientific paper
Bridging Courses
None
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
In relation to statistics for biomedical sciences, students should show possession of:
D1 - the mastery of basic skills;
D2 - the understanding of the fundamental concepts of the discipline
D3 - the ability to use knowledge and concepts to reason according to the logic of the discipline
D4 - the ability to communicate to specialist and non-specialist audiences
D5 - the ability to study in an autonomous manner
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
Seminars; guided exercises
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Frontal lessons
- Attendance
None; attendance is strongly recommended
- Course books
Rocchi MBL: Statistica e metodologia della ricerca per le discipline biomediche e psicocomportamentali, Edizioni Goliardiche, Trieste, 2007
R.R.Sokal, F.J.Rohlf, Biometry, Frreman, 1998
- Assessment
Written test (multiple chioce quizzes regarding the theoretical part; exercises); the oral exam is optional (after passing the written test with at least 18/30 score)
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Material available on blended.uniurb.it can be advantageously used
- Attendance
None
- Course books
As for attending students
- Assessment
As for attending students
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Notes
The student can request to sit the final exam in English with an alternative bibliography. (Course with optional materials in a foreign language)
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