OCollege Courses: Basic Statistics Course

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This course provides an introduction to selected important topics in statistical concepts and reasoning. It represents an introduction to the field and provides a survey of data and data types. Specific topics include tools for describing central tendency and variability in data; methods for performing inference on population means and proportions via sample data. While there are some formulae and computational elements to the course, the emphasis is on interpretation and concepts. This course is an adaptation of a course originally developed and taught by Ron Brookmeyer. Objectives:

Understand and give examples of different types of data.
Calculate standard normal scores and resulting probabilities.
Calculate and interpret confidence intervals for population means and proportions.

Lesson: Part 4. Physicians' Reactions to Overweight Patients. Do physicians discriminate against overweight patients? This study indicates that, at least in one respect, they do.

Lesson Part 5. Sampling

Lesson 6 (review): http://glass.ed.asu.edu/stats/

Statistical Calculator: http://glass.ed.asu.edu/stats/analysis/basic.html ( http://glass.ed.asu.edu/stats/online.htm ) ( http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javastat.html )

Practice Test: http://daphne.palomar.edu/stat/practice.html

Statistics Library and Resources: http://my.execpc.com/~helberg/statistics.html

This course teaches statistical hypothesis testing and its application to group comparisons; issues of power and sample size in study designs; and random sample and other study types. Objectives:

Also: The Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness (JHCPHP), in conjunction with the Montgomery County Health Department of Maryland, has developed the Road Map to Preparedness training program. The goal is to provide a basic training curriculum that enables all participants to achieve the competencies outlined in the CDC/Columbia University Bioterrorism & Emergency Readiness document. http://www.jhsph.edu/preparedness/training/online/index.html.

Take these JHSPH open online courses for free. Or study any of them for an approved (RN-CEP 11430, MFT- PCE 39) 30-hours Continuing Education Certificate (3 CEUs) and take the multiple-choice quiz that is linked to the course.

Lessons: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Lessons: (Continuation from C110) Part 4 Part 5 Part 6