Announcement of VHM 8010 Veterinary Biostatistics (e-mail 30/6-2021)

Announcement of the Biostats 801 course

Please find below an outline of the Veterinary Biostatistics course 
VHM-8010-1 for the Fall Semester 2021.

Based on the current recommendations from UPEI, the plan is for a 
course with all sessions conducted in-person. Plans may be revised 
at any time as necessary based on recommendations from UPEI and 
the Public Health Office of PEI.

To (informally) register for the course, send an e-mail with name and 
affiliation to hstryhn@upei.ca (Henrik Stryhn, Dept. Health Management). 
Formal registration at the Registrar's Office takes place through the 
myUPEI portal. 

For further information, contact the course lecturer, or consult the 
course homepage (at the bottom of this message) with the most recent 
and detailed information.

Henrik Stryhn,
Department of Health Management, AVC

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Biostats VHM 801 course - Fall Semester 2021

Time:  August 29 - November 29
- lectures: mostly Thursdays 9-11am in AVC Learning Commons 278N; 
            start Thursday 2/9, 9-11am
- labs: mostly Mondays 1-4pm (some Fridays 1-4pm and one Tuesday 9am-12pm) 
        in the large computer lab (AVC 218S); start Tuesday 7/9, 9am-12pm
- final exam (tentative date): Monday 13/12

Textbook:  several textbook choices exist, see course homepage;
contact the instructor if you need additional information

Course contents (keywords):
- Data and Descriptive statistics
- Normal distribution
- Sampling and Design of experiments
- Probability and Random variables
- Binomial distribution
- Statistical inference: estimation, confidence intervals and tests
- Analysis of one and two continuous samples (t-tests)
- Analysis of one and two discrete samples
- Two-way tables
- One-way analysis of variance
- Two-way analysis of variance
- Simple linear regression and correlation
- Nonparametric methods
- Sample size calculations
- Reporting of statistical analysis in papers

Examination:  final exam, optional mid-term exam, home assignments

Prerequisites:
- elementary mathematical calculus
- elementary computer applications

Lecturer:  Henrik Stryhn, Department of Health Management
- e-mail: hstryhn@upei.ca, phone 894-2847, room 412S

Course homepage:  http://stryhnstatistics.ca/vhm801