03848 - Medical Statistics (LZ)

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5904)

Learning outcomes

Al termine del corso lo studente avrà acquisito le conoscenze degli elementi-base per un utilizzo autonomo e corretto dei dati in ambito sanitario e gli strumenti della statistica medica e dell'epidemiologia clinica per una lettura critica della letteratura medico-scientifica.

Course contents

Observation units, variables and types of data.

Frequency distributions and data visualizations.

Means and measures of statistical dispersion.

Shapes of a distribution.

Relationship between two variables: contingency tables and correlation measures.

Outline of probability theory: random variables and probability distributions.

Random samples, estimation theory and confidence intervals.

Statistical tests for comparing means, frequencies and distributions.

Readings/Bibliography

Pagano, M., & K. Gauvreau. 2003. Biostatistica, II edizione italiana. Naples: Idelson-Gnocchi. [Chapters 1–3, 6–15]

Teaching methods

Taught classes and exam simulation.

Assessment methods

Fifteen-minute quiz consisting of 13 questions with four possible answers.

The test is passed if the student answers at least six questions correctly. There are no penalties for wrong answers. Students who fail the exam are permitted to retake it on any of the subsequent exam dates.

Calculators and formularies are unnecessary. Non-native Italian speakers are allowed to use a dictionary.

Teaching tools

The slides and scientific articles presented in class will be made available to the students on the university's online platform.

Office hours

See the website of Jacopo Lenzi