Biostatistics I (2026)

Welcome to Biostatistics I 

Description: This is a basic course in statistics, and it focuses on the application of statistics to describe and analyze data (i.e., descriptive, and inferential statistics). The course will use different examples from e.g., medicine, biology, and biomedical engineering and focus on the application of statistics to describe data and test hypotheses, and less so on the underlying mathematical calculations.

Prerequisites: None. This is a fundamental course.

Learning objectives: 

Teaching methods: 

This course will consist of four parts:   

1) relevant description and presentation of data pending your data type   

2) a review of some well-known and widely used parametric and non-parametric methods and discussions of basic designs of experimental studies   

3) application of the statistical methods for hypothesis testing  

4) developing a statistical analysis plan (SAP) for your research project.

Criteria for assessment: The written statistical analysis plan and its presentation will form the basis of the evaluation of the course.

Key literature: B. Kirkwood, J. Sterne, "Essential medical statistics". Plus handouts.

Organizer: Carsten Dahl Mørch

Lecturers: Carsten Dahl Mørch

ECTS: 3.5

Time: 03, 10, 17 and 24 March, 07, 14 and 28 April 2026 

Place: Aalborg University

City: Aalborg

Number of seats: 24

Deadline: 10 February 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 prioritised 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.