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BIOSTATS 6016EX - Clinical Biostatistics

Career: Postgraduate Coursework
Units: 3
Term: 4310
Campus: External
Contact: Online
Restriction: Available to Grad Cert, Grad Dip, M Biostatistics students. Check with School for Non-Award Study.
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: No
Available for Non-Award Study: Check with School
Pre-Requisite: BIOSTATS 6001EX and BIOSTATS 6003EX or BIOSTATS 6019EX, BIOSTATS 6000 or BIOSTATS 6000EX
Co-Requisite: BIOSTATS 6006EX or BIOSTATS 6020EX
Assessment: Three major assignments
Syllabus:

The aim of this course is to enable students to use correctly statistical methods of particular relevance to evidence-based health care and to advise clinicians on the application of these methods and interpretation of the results. The content includes: Clinical trials (equivalence trials, cross-over trials); Clinical agreement (Bland-Altman methods, kappa statistics, intraclass correlation); Statistical process control (special and common causes of variation; quality control charts); Diagnostic tests (sensitivity, specificity, ROC curves); Meta-analysis (systematic reviews, assessing heterogeneity, publication bias, estimating effects from randomized controlled trials, diagnostic tests and observational studies).

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Units
EFTSL
Amount
3
0.125
          
  

* This course is not normally offered to international students studying within Australia.


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4310 Tue 14/03/2023 Thu 23/03/2023 Fri 05/05/2023 Fri 09/06/2023


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Independent Study
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
19158 01EX 20 17 This class does not have any timetabled face-to-face sessions. Please check MyUni or contact your Course Coordinator for details.