Foundations in Biostatistics B

4 credits

Continued overview of mathematical foundations in biostatistics. The second course in a two-course series. Maximum likelihood theory. Sufficiency, efficiency. Hypothesis testing and confidence intervals. Robustness and power. Large-sample properties of commonly-used estimators and tests. Renumbered from FMPH 244B. Students may not receive credit for PHB 244B and FMPH 244B. Must be taken for a letter grade if applied to biostatistics degree requirements. Prerequisites: FMPH 244A or PHB 244A, restricted to major code PB76.