Description: This course on biostatistics will focus on the complexity of data collected in biomedical research. Therefore, the course will focus on topics like sample size estimation, meta-analysis and multi-factorial methods. This course will consist of two parts: (i) a review of some well-known and widely used parametric and non-parametric methods and discussions of basic designs of experimental studies, and (ii) a practical part where the focus is on applying the methods to relevant and realistic data sets collected from medical and biomedical research.
The tentative course program is: • Power analysis and sample size estimation • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews • Multifactorial ANOVA • Repeated measures ANOVA • Multiple and non-linear regression • Survival Analysis
Literature Selected papers and book chapters will be announced to the participants shortly before the course. Prerequisites Biostatistics I or similar knowledge on biostatistics
Evaluation
Evaluation of the course will be based on written reports of selected exercises.

Organizer: Alina Falborg, Associate Professor, email: az@hst.aau.dk and Carsten Dahl Mørch, Associate Professor, email: cdahl@hst.aau.dk

Lecturers: Lecturers: Alina Falborg, Associate Professor and Carsten Dahl Mørch, Associate Professor, Aalborg University

ECTS: 4.5

Time: 14, 21, 28 October, and 4, 11, 18 and 25 November, 2014 (08:15-12:00)

Place: Aalborg University, Niels Jernes Vej 12A/6 room 104

Zip code: 9220

City: Aalborg

Number of seats: 35

Deadline: 23 September, 2014