Biostatistics (ΣΕΕ4)

General

School	School of Science
Academic Unit	Department of Mathematics
Level of Studies	Graduate
Course Code	ΣΣΕ4
Semester	1
Course Title	Biostatistics
Independent Teaching Activities	Lectures (Weekly Teaching Hours: 3, Credits: 7.5)
Course Type	Specialized general knowledge
Prerequisite Courses	-
Language of Instruction and Examinations	Greek
Is the Course Offered to Erasmus Students	Yes (in English, reading Course)
Course Website (URL)	See eCourse, the Learning Management System maintained by the University of Ioannina.

Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes	Students completing this course should be able to: Understand and apply statistical methods for the design of biomedical research and analysis of biomedical research data. Understand and use mathematical and statistical theory underlying the application of biostatistical methods; use and interpret results from specialized computer software for the statistical analysis of research data;
General Competences	Working independently Decision-making Production of free, creative and inductive thinking Criticism and self-criticism

Syllabus

Biomedical research design elements - Diagnostic tests - Percentages and standardization - Independence test and linear stress tests - Relative risk - Odds ratio - Relevance and agreement - McNemar, Cochran - Mantel - Haenszel - Logistic Regression - ROC Curves.

Teaching and Learning Methods - Evaluation

Delivery

Classroom (face-to-face)

Use of Information and Communications Technology

Statistical software
Use of ICT in communication with students

Teaching Methods

Activity	Semester Workload
Lectures	39
Working independently	78
Exercises-Homework	70.5
Course total	187.5

Student Performance Evaluation

Final written exam in Greek (in case of Erasmus students in English).

Attached Bibliography

Rosner, B. (2010). Fundamentals of Biostatistics. 7th International edition, Brooks/Cole
Armitage P., Berry G., Mathews JNS (2002). Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 4th Edition. Blackwell Science.
Friedman L.M., Furberg C.D. and DeMets, D.L. (2010). Fundamentals of Clinical Trials. 4th edition, Springer.
S. Piantadosi (2005). Clinical Trials: A Methodological Perspective Second Edition. Wiley.
[Περιοδικό / Journal] Biostatistics
[Περιοδικό / Journal] The International Journal of Biostatistics