At the end of this course, the students; 1) Know the basic concepts of biostatistics and explain the use of biostatistical methods in health care. 2) Explain the variable types and summarize the data with appropriate tables and graphs. 3) Use the knowledge about central tendency and dispersion measures that they learned from the course to summarize the data. 4) Apply some of the basic parametric methods and correlation, regression analysis to problems in health related fields. 5) Apply some of the basic non-parametric hypothesis testing methods to problems in health related fields. 6) Recognize the basic statistical methods used in the studies related to the molecular biology and genetics field, understand and discuss the results produced by these methods.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None
COURSE DEFINITION
This course reviews basic concepts and nature of statistical problems in health related fields.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Scientific Thought, Research ethics, Introduction to biostatistics and basic definitions, Use of biostatistics in the field of health
2nd Week
Frequency distribution tables, graphics
3rd Week
Descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion
4th Week
Probability and theoretical distributions: Binomial, Poisson, Normal Distribution
5th Week
Hypothesis Testing
6th Week
Test for two independent samples, Test for two dependent samples
7th Week
Variance Analysis, Post-Hoc Tests
8th Week
Midterm Exam
9th Week
Correlation and Regression Analysis
10th Week
Nonparametric tests (Comparison of two groups, Comparison of more than two groups)
11th Week
x2 distribution, x2 test
12th Week
Article Presentation
13th Week
Article Presentation
14th Week
Discussion
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
1) Biometry: The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research, Sokal R. R., Rohlf F. J., 3rd edition, W. H. Freeman & Co. 2) Bioistatistics, A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences, Wayne W. D., John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1995. 3) Biyoistatistik, Kesici T., Kocabaş Z., Ankara Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Yayınları, 1998. 4) Biyoistatistik. Sümbüloğlu, K., Sümbüloğlu, V., Özdemir Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1995. 5) İstatistik Metodları. Düzgüneş, O., Kesici,T., Gürbüz, F., A.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları, Ankara,1983. 6) Statistics for Experimenters, An Introduction to Design, Data Analysis, and Model Building, Box, E.P.G., Hunter, G.W., Hunter, J. S.,John Wiley & Sons,Inc., 1978. 7) Statistical Methods, Snedecor, G. W., Cochran,W. G., The Iowa State University Press, 1980. 8) Statistics with Applications to the Biological and Health Sciences, M. Anthony Schork, Richard D. Remington, Prentice Hall, 2000. 9) Reha Alpar, Uygulamalı İstatistik ve Geçerlik Güvenirlik, 2016, Detay Yayıncılık. 10) Kazım Özdamar, Ölçek ve Test Geliştirme, Yapısal Eşitlik Modellemesi, Nisan Yayınevi, 2016. 11) Dawson B., Trapp R.G., Basic and Clinical Biostatistics. 2004, McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Newyork, USA. 12) Özdamar K. SPSS ile Biyoistatistik. Genişletilmiş Beşinci Baskı, 2003, Kaan Kitapevi 13) Alpar R., Spor, Sağlık ve Eğitim Bilimlerinden Örneklerle, Uygulamalı İstatistik ve Geçerlik- güvenirlik, 2010, Detay Yayıncılık.
