Basic Course in Medical Statistics - a Distance Course

Third-cycle level | 3.0 credits (HEC) | Course code: C7F2609
HT 2024
Study period: 2024-09-23 - 2024-10-04
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: The course is given in English
Application period: 2024-04-15 - 2024-05-06
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HT 2024
Study period: 2024-12-02 - 2024-12-13
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: The course is given in English
Application period: 2024-04-15 - 2024-05-06
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VT 2025
Study period: 2025-02-10 - 2025-02-21
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: The course is given in English
Application period: 2024-10-15 - 2024-11-05
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VT 2025
Study period: 2025-03-03 - 2025-03-14
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: The course is given in English
Application period: 2024-10-15 - 2024-11-05
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VT 2025
Study period: 2025-03-17 - 2025-03-28
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: The course is given in English
Application period: 2024-10-15 - 2024-11-25
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Course description

Would you like to learn basic statistics at your own pace – wherever and whenever you want? The aim of this distance course is to introduce the basic statistical methods and the fundamental principles of statistical inference and to offer basic skills that involve hands-on data analysis using statistical software. Help will be provided in R and SPSS.

Requirements and Selection

Prerequisite courses, or equivalent

No prerequisite courses, or equivalent, demanded for this course. 

Selection

Selection will be based on:  
1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant’s doctoral project (according to written motivation). 
2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date). 

Course director

Henrike Häbel

Course syllabus

C7F2609

Department

Department of Learning, informatics, Management and Ethics

Doctoral programme

**Not within a doctoral programme

Type of course

Statistics - basic

Keywords

Random variable, statistical tests, Linear regression

CONTACTHenrike Häbel

henrike.habel@ki.se