Course title |
流行病學與生物統計學 Biostatistics in Epidemiology |
Semester |
110-1 |
Designated for |
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH |
Instructor |
曾翎威 |
Curriculum Number |
MPH7011 |
Curriculum Identity Number |
847 M0290 |
Class |
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Credits |
3.0 |
Full/Half Yr. |
Half |
Required/ Elective |
Required |
Time |
Tuesday 2,3,4(9:10~12:10) |
Room |
公衛213 |
Remarks |
星期二2,3,4節213教室。MPH107級起核心必修課程。與王彥雯合授 The upper limit of the number of students: 50. |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
This is an asynchronous online learning course and office hour will be provided once or twice a month.
For the epidemiology part, students will be introduced to key concepts and principles of epidemiology, including various study designs, bias, confounding, and effect modification.
For the biostatistics part, this is a fundamental course of basic biostatistics. We will focus on the statistical methodology and data analysis. The course will start with descriptive statistics. Next, students will learn the concepts and definitions of probability and distributions, as well as applications in statistics and in real world. Then, statistical inferences including estimation and hypothesis testing will be introduced. In the office hour, students can ask questions and clarify concepts of online video, and they will learn how to perform statistical analysis through EXCEL. |
Course Objective |
Students will be able to understand and apply key concepts of epidemiology in research and critically appraise epidemiological evidence.
Student will learn the basic concepts of statistics and perform statistical analysis through EXCEL correctly. |
Course Requirement |
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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
Tue. 09:10~12:10 Note: For epidemiology part, the planned face-to-face/synchronous online in-class discussion will fall on week 4 (10/19) and week 7 (11/9). |
Designated reading |
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References |
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Grading |
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
Week 1 |
9/28 |
Introduction to epidemiology |
Week 2 |
10/5 |
Measuring disease occurrence |
Week 3 |
10/12 |
Introduction to descriptive and analytical studies & cross-sectional studies |
Week 4 |
10/19 |
Cohort studies and case-control studies (+planned in class discussion) |
Week 5 |
10/26 |
Confounding, bias, and effect modification |
Week 6 |
11/2 |
Randomized controlled trial |
Week 7 |
11/9 |
Diagnostics and screening tests (+planned in class discussion) |
Week 8 |
11/16 |
Mid-term exam |
Week 9 |
11/23 |
Introduction to biostatistics &descriptive statistics (N1) |
Week 10 |
11/30 |
Sampling distribution of sample mean and confidence interval (N4) |
Week 11 |
12/7 |
Hypothesis testing (significant level, p-value, errors, power, sample size calculation) (N5) |
Week 12 |
12/14 |
Hypothesis testing (one-sample, paired data, two-sample, multiple samples) (N6, N7) |
Week 13 |
12/21 |
Categorical data analysis (N8, N9) |
Week 14 |
12/28 |
Correlation analysis (N10) |
Week 15 |
1/4 |
Regression analysis (N11, N12) |
Week 16 |
1/11 |
Final exam |
Week 17 |
1/18 |
Flexible supplement teaching weeks (No class) |
Week 18 |
1/25 |
Flexible supplement teaching weeks (No class) |
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