Clinical Biostatistics - BCA806
The aim of this unit is to enable students to use correctly statistical methods of particular relevance to evidence-based health care and to advise clinicians on the application of these methods and interpretation of the results. Unit content: Clinical agreement (kappa statistics, Bland-Altman agreement method, intraclass correlation); statistical process control (special and common causes of variation, quality control charts); meta-analysis estimating treatment effect, assessing heterogeneity, publication bias; application for randomized clinical trials, diagnostic tests and observational studies; advanced topics in clinical trials (cross-over trials, equivalence trials).
Because of the multi-institutional nature of the BCA units, there is an early cut-off for enrolment in this unit. These dates are:
Session 1: 19 February 2018
Session 2: 23 July 2018
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | S1 Online - Session 1, Online |
| Staff Contact(s): | Professor Gillian Heller |
| Prerequisites: |
((Admission to MBioStat or GradDipBioStat or GradCertBioStat) and BCA801 and BCA805 and BCA807) or ((admission to MAppStat or GradDipAppStat) and MATH604 and STAT818 and STAT810 and STAT814) |
| Corequisites: |
BCA808 or (STAT811 and admission to MAppStat or GradDipAppStat) |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Mathematics and Statistics Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Course structures, including unit offerings, are subject to change.
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