Medical statistics
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Learn statistical methods used in epidemiology and medical statistics with this free course. Explore cohort and case-control studies, estimate risks and odds ratios, calculate confidence intervals, and test for associations. Enhance your data analysis skills and interpret test results effectively.
This free course is concerned with some of the statistical methods used in epidemiology and more widely in medical statistics. Section 1 introduces cohort studies in which individuals are classified according to their exposure and followed forward in time to evaluate disease outcomes. Section 2 looks at models for cohort studies. Section 3 introduces case-control studies in which individuals are selected according to their disease status and past exposures are then ascertained. Section 4 covers testing for no association in cohort studies and case-control studies.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
Estimate relative risks and odds ratios using data from a cohort study
Estimate odds ratios using data from a case-control study
Calculate and interpret confidence intervals for the relative risk and odds ratio
Test for no association using the chi-squared test
Interpret the results of a chi-squared test for no association and Fisher’s exact test.
