MEDICAL STATISTICS

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Dental Hygiene
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2023/2024
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2023/2024
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
2
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
16
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (16 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

- The process of scientific knowledge: how to generate and verify a hypothesis. Why statistics is so important for health professionals?
- Descriptive statistics: definition of variable, frequencies
- Data synthesis: measures of position, variability, symmetry
- Probability and known distributions: binomial and normal distributions
- Population and sample. Elements of sampling theory: definition, simple random sample, clustering, stratification. Central limit theorem and probability distribution for the sample mean
- Elements of statistical inference: general theory for hypothesis test
- Test on the mean of one population, test on the mean of two populations
- Confidence intervals

Lectures and homeworks

Reception of students by appointment, please contact the teacher at: emanuelemaria.giusti@uninsubria.it