Code: | MSP12_2 | Acronym: | MSP12_2 |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Statistics |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Clinical Epidemiology, Predictive Medicine and Public Health Department |
Course/CS Responsible: | Master Degree Course in Public Health |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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MSP | 16 | Master Degree Public Health - Official Plan12 | 1 | - | 4 | 36 | 108 |
The main objective of this training program is that students acquire both theoretical and practical knowledge in basic biostatistics.
Students should be able to convert data into information, gaining skills in quantitative reasoning and writing. Students should understand the basic ideas of statistics; should be able to do exploratory data analysis using graphs and numerical summaries to describe the variables and the relationships among them; students should be able to do statistical inference: understand and apply the necessary statistical methods and interpret the results obtained.
1. Descriptive Statistics: types of biological data; exploring data: variables and distributions, relationships. 2. Probability and sampling distributions. 3. Introduction to inference: estimation and hypothesis testing. 4. Statistical Inference with Quantitative Data: one sample t test, paired sample t test, independent sample t test. 5. Statistical Inference with Categorical Data: inference about a population proportion, comparing two proportions, qui-square test of independence. 6. Linear Regression.
A total of 108 hours of student’s work, of which 36 are of contact, distributed as follows is estimated: T:18; PL:18.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 100,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 72,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 36,00 |
Total: | 108,00 |
To be present in at least 75% of the classes.
Classificationof the final exam.