Statistics 160f - Introductory Seminar in Statistics:Health,Medicine and Statistics

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Mount Holyoke College

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(First-year seminar; writing-intensive course) How do we know if a new drug is effective Does nutrition education reduce the incidence of diabetes What is an epidemic Why should doctors understand statistics This seminar examines the use of statistics in medicine and epidemiology. Topics may include the design of experiments; data collection through surveys; modeling disease transmission; large scale health studies; and critical analysis of the use of statistics in research literature. Meets Science and Math II-A requirement J. Gifford Prereq. fy or permission of instructor; 4 credits

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mtholyoke.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 538-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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