BMEN7340 - Experimental Methods and Statistical Analysis

BMEN 7340 Experimental Methods and Statistical Analysis (3 semester credit hours) In this course, students will learn (1) experimental study designs and observational study designs, (2) how to perform exploratory data analysis, univariance and bivariance analysis, assess data quality, the treatment of outliers, (3) how to choose and perform inference statistical analyses, after verifying the assumptions behind statistical analyses. Students will understand p values are not the only way to determine the significance in inferential statistics, and p values are not sufficient in some cases, (4) how to perform nonparameric bootstrap statistic analysis for small sample size, and (5) how to consider and compare alternative models, how to interpret the results with evidence-based approach. Department consent required. (3-0) S