CHP/PCOR Courses
Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Epidemiology
Course number(s): HRP 259Offered Fall quarter in the 2005-2006 academic year
Instructors
Kristin Cobb
Topics: random variables, expectation, variance, probability distributions, the central limit theorem, sampling theory, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals. Correlation, regression, analysis of variance, and nonparametric tests. Introduction to least squares and maximum likelihood estimation. Emphasis is on medical applications.
Level
Graduate and undergraduate
Units
4
Department
Department of Health, Research and Policy
Stanford School of Medicine




