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About Study Course

Department: Statistics Unit
ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Māra Grēve
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Medicine; Pharmacy
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Mathematics; Theory of probability and mathematical statistics

Objective

To provide knowledge in the basic concepts of statistics;
Create awareness of the role of evidence-based medicine in healthcare.

Prerequisites

Knowledge in mathematics and informatics.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.On successful completion of the study course students will have knowledge that will allow:
To recognize the statistical terminology and the basic methods used in various publications;
To characterize measurement data using statistical indicators.

Skills

1.On successful completion of the study course, students will be able to:
Correctly prepare and enter data in the IBM SPSS environment;
Create and edit tables, charts;
Select appropriate methods of data processing, incl. being able to perform statistical hypotheses testing;
Use suitable reflection tools for statistical analysis in the description of the results.

Competence

1.On successful completion of the study course students will be able to correctly interpret the most important statistical indicators and to use the acquired basic statistical methods in the study data processing.