Back to: Essentials of Biostatistics with SAS JMP®
Course Objectives:
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Generate appropriate descriptive statistics to summarize public health data using JMP
- Compute and interpret confidence interval estimates and tests of hypothesis using JMP
- Interpret statistical results, tables, and figures from public health literature
- Appropriately interpret and present, in lay terms, descriptive statistics, estimates, tests of hypothesis, crude and adjusted measures of effect
Recommended Text:
Sullivan, L. (2018). Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, 3d Edition. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Note: a Kindle version of the book is provided free of charge.
JMP License Information
PHX has partnered with JMP/SAS to provide a free 2 year license of JMP® (Student Edition) to all participants in this course. To request your authorization code, please email phx@bu.edu.
Schedule:
All quizzes and projects are due by the end of the week (Sunday 11:59pm). Quizzes can be found in each lesson under presentations. Quizzes require a passing score of 80% or higher and can be retaken as many times as needed.
Week 1:
- Summary Statistics
Week 2:
- Probability
Week 3:
- Confidence interval estimates for continuous outcomes
Week 4:
- Hypothesis testing for continuous outcomes
Week 5:
- Categorical data analysis
Week 6:
- Correlation and linear regression
Week 7:
- Multiple linear regression analysis
Week 8:
- Logistic regression and survival analysis
Certificates are issued within 2 weeks of successful course completion.