Intro to Exp Dsgn Data Anlys

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course provides an overview of the fundamental principles and concepts related to experimental design and data analysis with the goals of achieving statistical literacy and acquiring the skills needed for critical reading and evaluation of the research literature. The students will learn about the most commonly used statistical methods and experimental and observational study designs by studying fundamental methods and by practice examples of statistical analysis using STATA software on epidemiological data from studies related to CIM. Additionally, students will become familiar with graphical representations of data and the proper interpretation of the results from the statistical analyses. After finishing this course the students will be able to be competent members of team science research projects in the area of CIM.