At the end of this course, the students; 1) They gain statistical thinking skills 2) They gain the ability to choose the right statistical method 3) Analyzing data using statistical methods 4) They learn to make and interpret to evaluate data with statistical software
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None
COURSE DEFINITION
In the biostatistics course, which is the application of statistical methods to the field of health, it is aimed to give students the ability to think statistically. Within the scope of this course, statistical analysis of data collected by any method and interpretation of results are emphasized. Along with the theoretical explanation, in-class applications will be made both manually and with a software program.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Meet, Statistics and Biostatistics Introduction
2nd Week
Field of Nutrition and Dietetics and Biostatistics Variables, Types of Data and Scales Descriptive Statistics Position and Measures of Change Classification of Data; Frequency Distributions and Descriptive Measures Mean, Median, Peak Value, Quarter and Percentiles, Standard Deviation and Variance, Coefficient of Change, Standard Error
3rd Week
Creating Frequency Tables, Data Presentation and Table and Graphic Methods
4th Week
Creating Crosstabs and Charts Simple two-column tables, extended tables, crosstabs, relationship tables, Bar chart, line chart, pie chart, histogram, scatter chart
5th Week
Probability and Probability Distributions Binomial, Poisson, Normal, Standard Normal distributions, Sample Distributions
6th Week
SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION CONTINUED Parameter Estimation and Confidence Interval Sampling Methods
7th Week
MIDTERM
8th Week
Introduction to Hypothesis (Significance) Tests Method of measurement of data, hypotheses, level of error, sample size, Dependency or independence of groups, test types and characteristics, Statistical decision, appropriate test selection
9th Week
Introduction to Hypothesis (Significance) Tests CONTINUED INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS SOFTWARE 1 (SPSS) Variable, data entry, calculation
10th Week
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS SOFTWARE PROGRAM 2 (SPSS) Calculation continued; Descriptive statistics, table and graph
11th Week
Normal Distribution Fit test Single Sample Hypothesis Test (t and Z test) (SPSS APPLICATION)
12th Week
Significance of Difference Between Means in Independent Groups (Samples) Test (Significance test of difference between two means) Parametric and non-parametric Equivalent (SPSS APPLICATION)
13th Week
Hypothesis testing of qualitative (categorical) variables -Chi-square test- Hypothesis testing in Dependent Groups (Significance test of the difference between two spouses) Parametric and non-parametric Equivalents
14th Week
ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA) CORRELATION ANALYSIS
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
1. Prof.Dr.Reha Alpar, ?Spor, Sağlık ve Eğitim Bilimlerinden Örneklerle UYGULAMALI İSTATİSTİK ve GEÇERLİK-GÜVENİRLİK? Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara 2010. 2. Jerrold h. Zar. ?Biostatistical Analysis? forth edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc.1999. 3. Prof. Dr. Kazım Özdamar, ?Paket Programlar ile İstatistiksel Veri Analizi I?, Anadolu Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Yayını, 1997. 4. Prof. Dr. Kazım Özdamar, ?SPSS ile Biyoistatistik?, Kaan Kitapevi, 1999. 5. Prof. Dr. Aziz Akgül, , ?Tıbbi Araştırmalarda İstatistiksel Analiz Teknikleri-SPSS Uygulamaları-? Yükseköğretim Kurulu Matbaası, Ankara, 1997. 6. Dersin öğretim üyesi Prof. Dr. Mehtap Akçil Ok tarafından oys.baskent.edu.tr (moodle) öğrenme ve yönetim sisteminden verilen güncel ders notları ve diğer elektronik kitap vb. yardımcı kaynaklar.
