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BIOSTATISTICS

The Biostatistics-I course provides an introduction to biostatistics, equipping students with essential skills for data collection, management, presentation, and interpretation, which are crucial for their upcoming Research Project. Learning objectives include understanding qualitative vs quantitative data, sampling techniques, and data analysis methods, along with current public health statistics in Pakistan. Assessment consists of quizzes, group and individual assignments, and an end-of-course exam, with recommended textbooks for further study.

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BIOSTATISTICS

The Biostatistics-I course provides an introduction to biostatistics, equipping students with essential skills for data collection, management, presentation, and interpretation, which are crucial for their upcoming Research Project. Learning objectives include understanding qualitative vs quantitative data, sampling techniques, and data analysis methods, along with current public health statistics in Pakistan. Assessment consists of quizzes, group and individual assignments, and an end-of-course exam, with recommended textbooks for further study.

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BIOSTATISTICS-I

CREDIT HOURS 2 (2+0)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The Biostatistics course is aimed as just an introduction to this topic of biostatistics, providing helpful
background knowledge for the forthcoming course of Research Methodology and useful tools to
support students in their Research Project coming up in Semester VII and VIII. Students will no doubt
get further tuition in this area if they go on to higher level studies following their bachelor’s
programme, however by the end of this course they will learn how to collect, manage, present and
interpret data. The skills acquired in this course will also be essential when reading scientific
literature for lifelong learning whether they go on to higher education programmes or not.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the course the students will be able to:


 Describe the difference between qualitative and quantitative data
 Gather data by various sampling techniques and state the limitations
 Present a given data set in various graphical forms, such as scatter diagram, bar charts, etc.)
 Analyse a given set of data to ascertain mean, median, standard deviation, etc.)
 State what is meant by significance, correlation, inference when analysing data.
 Discuss some current public health statistics for Pakistan, especially in the field of prosthetics
and orthotics

CONTENT:

INTRODUCTION TO BIOSTATISTICS
 What are biostatistics
 Health data, the importance to healthcare practitioners and health service provision
 Qualitative vs quantitative data

DATA COLLECTION
 Sampling methods
 Identify sample size
 Dealing with data in different formats
 Discrete and continuous variables

PRESENTATION OF DATA
 Frequency tables
 Class features
 Construct statistical diagrams (pie charts, graphs, scatter diagrams, histograms, etc.)
 Mean, median, mode
 Standard deviation

DATA ANALYSIS
 Interpret statistical diagrams
 Cumulative frequency
 Tendency
 Determine percentage above and below a given value
 Statistical significance
 Determine experimental and theoretical possibilities
 Probability principals
 Regression
 Correlation
 Make inferences from statistics

PUBLIC HEALTH STATICS IN PAKISTAN


 General health statistics
 Physical Rehabilitation

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT:

Assessment type % Comments

Quiz x6 20

Group assignment 15

Individual assignment 20

End of course exam 45

RECOMMENDED TEXT BOOKS:


1. Essentials of Mathematics Book 1 and 2 by Prof. Adam Khan.
2. Introduction to Statistics, by Walpole R.E. Macmillan, 1982, University of California
3. Practical Statistics, by Altman, D.G. CRC Press, 3rd Edition, 2001

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