Course detail

Welcome to BIOSTATISTICS II (2026)

Description: This course on biostatistics focused on the complexity of data collected in biomedical research. Therefore, the course focused on topics like sample size estimation, meta-analysis and multi-factorial methods.

Prerequisites: BIOSTATISTICS I or equivalent

Learning objectives: 

1. The ability to understand the assumptions and perform the following statistical tests:  Multifactorial ANOVA, Repeated measures ANOVA, Multiple and non-linear regression, Survival Analysis  
2. Understand power and sample-size calculation (sample-size considerations), and perform then in the context of your own studies  
3. Understand and perform meta-analyses in systematic reviews.  
4. Write and a statistical analysis plan preferably based your data   
5. Perform the statistical analysis according to the statistical analysis plan and present the results

Teaching methods: 
This course consisted of two parts:   

1. a review of some well-known and widely used parametric and non-parametric methods and discussions of basic designs of experimental studies
2. a practical part where the focus is on applying the methods to relevant and realistic data sets collected from medical and biomedical research.

Criteria for assessment: The evaluation of the course is based on the statistical analysis plan and the presentation of the results.

Key literature: Selected papers and statistical text book chapters

Organizer: Carsten Dahl Mørch

Lecturers: Carsten Dahl Mørch

ECTS: 3.5

Dates; 
20. & 27. October 2026
3., 10., 17. & 24. November 2026

Place: Aalborg University
Zip code: 9220

City: Aalborg

Number of seats: 24

Open for enrolment: 20. June 2026
Deadline for enrolment: 29. September 2026

Important information concerning PhD courses: There is a no-show fee of DKK 3,000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before the start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start of the course.

For external PhD students: This course is a general course and is prioritized for PhD Students enrolled at Aalborg University. If there are available seats, PhD students from other universities will be accepted. You will be notified shortly after the deadline if you have been accepted.

To attend courses at the Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology you must be enrolled as a PhD student.

We cannot ensure any seats before the deadline for enrolment, all participants will be informed after the deadline, approximately 3 weeks before the start of the course.

You may find more information in our FAQ: https://phd.moodle.aau.dk/local/page/faq 

For inquiries not described in the FAQ, please contact the PhD administration at phdcourses@adm.aau.dk. When contacting us please state the course title and course period. Thank you.