Introduction to Biostatistics (Modul Digital Pekerti)
Biostatistics is the development and application of statistical reasoning and methods in addressing, analyzing, and solving problems in public health, health care and biomedical, clinical, and population-based research. This course will cover descriptive statistics, probability theory, and a wide variety of inferential statistical techniques that can be used to make practical conclusions about empirical data derived from public health works. We will use a two-approach to mastery of the course materials: a) Students will look in some detail at how statistical procedures are employed and b) Student will conduct a number of basic procedures by exercise with real data in order to fully understand the logic and application of statistics. In addition, students will learn how to use a computer package, STATA, in order to quickly perform statistical analyses in more complex situations and how to interpret the results of the data analyses. Using this approach will enable student to be an educated user and producer of statistical knowledge in the real-world which is the application of statistics in the public health settings. This course is a mandatory course for MPH students.