STAT 145 - BIOSTATISTICS

Credit Hours: 2 (2+0).
 

Beneficiaries: Bs.C of College of Sciences.

Textbook:
Foundations of Biostatistics by M. Islam & Abdullah Al-Shiha (2018).
 

Course Scope Contents:

• Introduction of some basic concepts, types of data and graphical representation.
• Descriptive statistics: Measures of central tendency: mean, median and mode. Measures of dispersion: range, standard deviation and coefficient of variation.
• Basic probability: conditional probability, concept of independence.
• Bayes Theorem for predictive probabilities.
• Discrete probability distributions: Binomial, Poisson distributions and their mean and variance.
• Continuous probability distributions: Normal distribution and Standard normal distribution.
• Sampling distribution of one and two sample means. Sampling distribution of one and two proportions.
• Statistical inference: Point and interval estimations.
• Testing hypotheses about one and two samples means and proportions including paired data.

Marks Distribution: 

• Midterm: 30 Marks                
• Homeworks: 30 Marks                  
• Final Exam:  40 Marks