PHARMACEUTICAL BIOSTATISTICS

About this Course

Course Description

This course is aimed to equip students with fundamental knowledge in biostatistics and basic data analytic skills necessary in the pharmaceutical area and to solve Big Data problems. The topics covered are related to basic concepts of statistics, epidemiology statistics and analysing data using data analytics software.

Course Learning Outcomes

1 ) Demonstrate practical skills by applying data analytics tools for statistical analysis.
2 ) Apply basic concepts of pharmaceutical biostatistics and data analytics.

Course Details

STATUS : Open
DURATION : FLEXIBLE
EFFORT : 2 hours per week
MODE : 100% Online
COURSE LEVEL : Beginner
LANGUAGE : English
CLUSTER : Science & Technology ( ST )

 Syllabus

Population and Sample
Types of Data/Variables
Scale of Measurements
Frequency Distribution
Measures of Central Tendency & Measures of Dispersion
Property of Distributions

Discrete Probability Distributions
The Binomial Distribution
The Poisson Distribution
The Normal Distribution & Applications

Distribution of sample means
Distribution of sample proportions
Confidence Interval
Determination of sample size

Population means
Population proportions
Population variances
Type of errors

One sample T-tests
Two or more samples
ANOVA & Post-hoc Comparison
Related/Dependent (Paired samples t-tests and repeated measures)

Chi-square Test
Sign Test
Wilcoxon-Signed Rank Test
Mann-Whitney U Test
Kruskal-Wallis Test

Simple Linear Correlation
Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient
Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient
The Least-Squares Regression
Coefficient of Determination

Measures of disease frequency and rate
Study designs
Health Analytics

Characteristics of Big Data
Data Analytics VS Data Science

Our Instructor

DR. AZWANDI BIN AHMAD

Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Puncak Alam

DR. NADIA BINTI JALALUDIN

Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Puncak Alam

DR. ZAFIRAH LIYANA BINTI ABDULLAH

Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Puncak Alam

DR. RUZIANISRA BINTI MOHAMED

Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Puncak Alam

NOOR JANNAH BINTI YOB

Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Puncak Alam

PROFESOR MADYA DR YUSLINA BINTI ZAKARIA

Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Puncak Alam

 Frequently Asked Questions

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