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28941-01 - Lecture: Biostatistics and Experiment Planning (1 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2012 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers |
Gonzalo Duran-Pacheco (gonzalo.duran-pacheco@unibas.ch)
Christian Schindler (christian.schindler@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Data types, descriptive methods, statistical measures, normal distribution, parameter estimation and confidence intervals, basic notions and concepts of statistical tests, knowledge of the basic statistical tests, correlation, regression, analysis of variance, basic concepts of experimental design. Week 1: Basic notions, random samples, tabular and graphical representations (C. Schindler) Week 2: Measures of location and dispersion, distribution function, Box plots (C. Schindler) Week 3: Normal and log-normal distribution (C. Schindler) Week 4: Population parameters and parameter estimates, confidence intervals (C. Schindler) Week 5: Fundamentals of hypothesis testing (C. Schindler) Week 6: Comparison of means (C. Schindler) Week 7: Comparison of relative frequencies and risks (C. Schindler) Week 8: Simple linear regression and correlation (C. Schindler) Week 9: Regression models (C. Schindler) Week 10: Analysis of variance (C. Schindler) Week 11: Experimental design I (G. Duran) Week 12: Experimental design II (G. Duran) Week 13: Experimental design III (G. Duran) Week 14: Examination |
| Learning objectives | Students know basic descriptive statistical methods. They understand fundamental concepts of inferential statistics and know basic analytic tools, including some regression modelling. They also know the principles of experimental design. |
| Bibliography | Book: Kirkwood, B. R.; Sterne, J. A. C.: Essential Medical Statistics, 2nd edition. Blackwell Science (501Seiten) 2003. |
| Comments | There will be lecture notes and no official text book. Exercises will involve elements of the web course platform BOMS. |
| Weblink | www.boms.ch (link to the web course plat |
| Admission requirements | Bachelor in pharmacy or another bachelor degree in the natural sciences |
| Course application | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden beim Dozenten |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Module Knowledge in Experimental Research (Master Toxicology) (Pflicht) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Thursday, 01.11.2012, 13.15 - 15.00 p.m., Room BZ 105 http://www.pharma.unibas.ch/index.php?id=teaching&subid=pruefungen#3 |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: teaching staff |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,5 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Science, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Departement Pharmazeutische Wissenschaften |