Biostatistics
Bioestatística
Course code:68109
Duarte Pedro de Sousa Tavares
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
Instrumental competences
- know the limitations of statistical analysis
- adapt the methodology to the problem under
- distinguish descriptive statistics from statistical inference
- apply techniques of descriptive statistics
- understand the concept of sampling distribution
- understand the concepts of Population, Sample, Parameter Estimator and Skewness
- estimate confidence intervals
- distinguish parametric and nonparametric tests
- apply parametric and nonparametric tests
- distinguish and apply the different types of statistical regression
Interpersonal competences
- recognise statistics as an independent scientific field with connections to other sciences and as an important field of knowledge in the society and in the modern science
- literature reviews
- work as a team
Systemic competences
- collect and organize the information required for the study to be performed
- describe the information clearly and concisely to facilitate the research
- perform calculations using the statistical tool SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) and interpret the results
Syllabus:
The theoretical lessons, which may take on a theoretical and practical character, cover the following programmatic contents:
- Exploratory Analysis of Univariate Data
- Exploratory Analysis of Bivariate Data
- Confidence Intervals: mean, variance and proportion
- Hypothesis Tests and Comparison of Data through Parametric and Non-Parametric Tests
- Notions of Statistical Inference: Linear Regression and Logistic Regression
THEORETICAL-PRACTICE CLASSES
Analysis of real-world problem situations related to the programmatic contents of theoretical classes and exercise solving, using the SPSS software.
Suggested Bibliography:
- Daniel WW, Cross CL (2018) Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences. 11th ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Guimarães RC, Mello FM (2015) Métodos Estatísticos para o Ensino e a Investigação nas Ciências da Saúde. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.
- Marôco J (2014) Análise Estatística com o SPSS. 6th ed. Pêro Pinheiro :Report Number.