Design of Medical Studies

Design of medical studies, with emphasis on randomized controlled clinical trials. Bias elimination, controls, treatment assignment and randomization, precision, replication, power and sample size calculations, stratification, and ethics. Suitable for graduate students in biostatistics and for research-oriented graduate students in other scientific fields.

Prefix
BIOST
Number
524
Credits
3
Variable Credit?
No
Credit/no-credit only?
No
Prereq
BIOST 511 or equivalent, and one of BIOST 513, BIOST 518, STAT 421, STAT 423, STAT 512, or EPI 512; or permission of instructor.
Joint Class?
Yes
With
STAT 524
Offered
Spring
Past Syllabi