Certificate in Biostatistics

$300.00

Impart knowledge about the basic concept of biostatistics
Recognise different types of data and present them in suitable graphs and diagrams
Explain and apply the statistical methods in biomedical and public health research
Explain written and oral presentations based on statistical analyses
Interpret results acquired from statistical analysis
Discuss the designing of statistical models and experiments

3 Months
Certificate of Completion

Description

Biostatistics provides an introduction to selected important topics in bio-statistical concepts, measures and reasoning. This course imparts knowledge of statistics to the students and its application in biomedical sciences. It represents the need and uses of biostatistics in public health and medicine, data measurement scales, graphical and diagrammatical presentations of various data.

Career prospects

This certification course prepares the learners for jobs at various levels of Biostatistics. Some of the designations that can be achieved on completion of the course include, learners will be able to fit in as an biostatistician, lead biostatistician, manager biostatistics.

Learning Outcome

Upon completion of the course, students should have acquired an understanding of the following broad topics:

Describe descriptive techniques commonly used to summarise biological data
Describe descriptive and inferential methodologies according to the type of study design for answering a particular research question
Describe common statistical methods for inference
Develop written and oral presentations based on statistical analyses for both public health professionals and educated lay audiences
Use statistical software to analyse health related data and interpret results of statistical analyses
Capability to build statistical model and compare efficiency of models