HCA 5110 Applied Healthcare Statistics
This is an intermediate-level course in statistics designed for people entering a healthcare profession that requires a solid grasp of statistical methods as a foundation of their work. This will also form the foundation for more advanced topics to come in later courses. The course will emphasize the principles of statistical reasoning, underlying assumptions, hypothesis testing, and careful interpretation of results. It differs from traditional statistics courses as topics will be covered in the context of their direct application to healthcare. Topics include data presentation and summarization, descriptive statistics, regression analysis, fundamental probability theory, and random variables, introductory decision analysis, estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and ANOVA.