BIOS 2010-2010L. Biostatistics for Public Health Sciences. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: BIOSTAT HEALTH SCI.
Not open to students with credit in STAT 2000 or STAT 2100H or STAT 2210 or MSIT 3000.
Basic concepts of biostatistics with applications in public health and biomedicine. Descriptive statistics, principles of statistical inference, uncertainty assessment, hypothesis testing, public health surveys, and biomedical experimental design are considered. Methods include t-tests, simple linear regression, and categorical data analysis.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
BIOS(STAT) 4380/6380. Survival Analysis. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: SURVIVAL ANALYSIS.
Undergraduate prerequisite: [(STAT 4210 or STAT 6220) and STAT 4510/6510] or permission of department.
Methods for comparing time-to-event data, including univariate parametric and nonparametric procedures, regression models, diagnostics, group comparisons, and use of relevant statistical computing packages.
Offered spring semester every year.
BIOS 7005. Graduate Student Seminar. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit.
Oasis Title: GRAD STUDENT SEM.
Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.
Non-traditional format: Seminar
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
BIOS 7010. Introductory Biostatistics I. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTRO BIOSTAT I.
Not open to students with credit in STAT 6200 or STAT 6210 or STAT 6310.
Introductory statistics with applications to medical and biological problems. Topics to be covered include biostatistical design in health research, data collection and management, and introductory concepts and methods of statistical data analysis.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
BIOS 7020. Introductory Biostatistics II. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTRO BIOSTAT II.
Not open to students with credit in STAT 6220 or STAT 6320.
Prerequisite: STAT 6200 or permission of department.
Introduction to a variety of statistical tools with applications in public health and the biological sciences, including survey sampling, multiple regression, experimental design, categorical data analysis, logistic regression, and survival analysis. Motivating examples will be drawn directly from the literature in the health, biological, medical, and behavioral sciences.
Offered spring semester every year.
BIOS 7100. Biostatistical Applications for the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: APP PHARM BIOTECH.
Prerequisite: BIOS 7010 or permission of department.
Biostatistical issues regarding the introduction and regulatory agency (FDA) approval of new drugs, biologics, medical devices, and combination products, and their postmarket surveillance are considered. Data quality assurance, experimental design, clinical trials, power and sample size determination, uncertainty assessment, regression, survival analysis, and variable and model selection are considered.
Non-traditional format: Three hours per week for fifteen weeks online study, including teaching, assignments, discussion, problem-based learning, and case-based learning. Weekend seminar(s) totaling eight contact hours (multi-point video conference) utilizing case-based and problem-based learning methods.
BIOS 7100E. Biostatistical Applications for the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: APP PHARM BIOTECH.
Not open to students with credit in BIOS 7100.
Prerequisite: BIOS 7010 or permission of department.
Biostatistical issues regarding the introduction and regulatory agency (FDA) approval of new drugs, biologics, medical devices, and combination products, and their postmarket surveillance are considered. Data quality assurance, experimental design, clinical trials, power and sample size determination, uncertainty assessment, regression, survival analysis, and variable and model selection are considered.
Non-traditional format: Three hours per week for fifteen weeks online study, including teaching, assignments, discussion, problem-based learning, and case-based learning. Weekend seminar(s) totaling eight contact hours (multi-point video conference) utilizing case-based and problem-based learning methods.
BIOS 8100. Case Studies in Nonlinear Biostatistics. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: NONLINEAR BIOSTAT.
Not open to students with credit in STAT 8230.
Prerequisite: BIOS 7020 or STAT 6220 or STAT 6320.
Case studies of nonlinear biostatistical methods in public health and the biological sciences. Nonlinear regression, nonparametric regression, generalized linear models, and survival analysis are considered. Applications include the modeling of growth curves, dose-response functions, risk assessment, and pharmacokinetic functions.
Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.
BIOS 8110. Categorical Data Analysis. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CATEGORICAL DATA.
Prerequisite: BIOS 7010 or STAT 6210 or STAT 6310.
Introduction to analysis of categorical data including log- linear models, logistic regression, probit models, graphical models and casual inference. Motivating examples will be drawn directly from the literature in the health, biological, medical, and social sciences.
Offered fall semester every year.
BIOS(STAT) 8220. Clinical Trials. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CLINICAL TRIALS.
Prerequisite: STAT 6320.
Drug development and NDA approval procedures; randomization; blindness; phase I-IV clinical trials; multicenter trials; bioequivalency; sample size determination; design and analysis; cross-over design; repeated measurements design; survival analysis; meta analysis.
Offered fall semester every year.
BIOS 8900. Special Topics in Biostatistics. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: TOPICS IN BIOSTAT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Selected topics concerning recent developments in biostatistics are covered.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
BIOS 8910. Problems in Biostatistics. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: PROBLEMS IN BIOSTAT.
Analysis of contemporary biostatistical methods, theory, and applications.
Non-traditional format: Variable hours established by instructor.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.