Writing, Presentation, and Collaboration Skills for Biostatistics

Develops communication and collaboration skills for biostatisticians working as part of a biomedical research team. Topics include effective dialogue with collaborators; summarizing scientific ideas and questions and translating these to targets of inference; collaborating to develop appropriate study designs and statistical analyses; communicating statistical analysis methods and results in clear written summaries and graphical displays. Prerequisite: BIOST 514; and BIOST 515, which may be taken concurrently; recommended: at least one quarter of both mathematical statistics and applied Biostatistics at the graduate level. Credit/no-credit only. Offered: W.