Analysis of Clinical Data

1 unit

Analysis of Clinical Data is a one-credit, online course consisting of different teaching modules. Course material is the same for short-term and intensive research core trainees. The goal of the course is to teach basic biostatistical analysis using clinical examples. Specifically, this course will cover: populations and samples; scales of measurement; variables; frequency distributions; central tendency; variability, probability, normal distribution, and sampling distribution; introduction to hypothesis testing and sample size; one-sample t-test, independent samples t-test, paired t-test; one-way ANOVA; nonparametric statistical procedures; post-hoc testing; correlation and regression; logistic regression; calculation of survival curves/life tables, and Cox-regression. Open to CRTC Predoctoral Program scholars only.