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INTRODUCTION TO BIOSTATISTICS FOR POPULATION HEALTH

BMI/POPHLTH 551
Course Description

Designed for population health researcher. Topics include descriptive statistics, elementary probability, probability distributions, one- and two-sample normal inference (point estimation, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals), power and sample size calculations, one- and two-sample binomial inference, underlying assumptions and diagnostic work.

Prerequisites

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies
Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.86

8.66% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

1.96% from Historical

A Rate
71.43%

49.57% from Historical

Class Size
14

-19.23% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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