Course Information
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
  
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. 
  
Course introduction video
 
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
  
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
  
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
  
References
  
Grading
    
Progress
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)