Course Descriptions
Core Sequence in Biostatistics

EPI 808  Biostatistics I 

Fall 3(3-0).  Open only to master’s students or doctoral students in the Epidemiology Major or approval of department.

Instructor: H. Chung & J. Gardiner

Applications of probability and statistics in the applied health sciences.  Probability distributions, estimation and test for one-, two-, and paired samples, linear regression, correlation, an ANOVA.  Use of statistical software.  Critical appraisal of statistical methods in the biomedical literature.

EPI 809  Biostatistics II 

Spring 3(3-0).  Open only to master’s students or doctoral students in the Epidemiology major or approval of department.

Prereq.: STT 425 or EPI 808

Analysis of categorical data in epidemiologic studies.  Contingency tables and logistic regression.

EPI 826  Research Methods in Epidemiology  biostatistics.htm

Fall 3(3-0).  Open only to master’s students in the Epidemiology major or approval of department. 
Instructor: D. Pathak

Prereq.: STT 426

Analyses of epidemiologic and clinical data applying statistical methods, based on logistic and survival models, using standard software.