| Course Name | Statistical Data Analysis |
| Course Code | 24MMD601 |
| Program | M. Sc. Molecular Medicine(MLM) |
| Semester | 3 |
| Credits | 2 |
| Campus | Kochi |
Introduction to Biostatistics-Need for Biostatistical Methods –Their uses and Misuses, Types of Variables, Data collection Methods, Population and Sample.
Descriptive Data Analysis Methods- Statistical Tables, Diagrams examples; Graphs, Measures of Central Tendencies and Dispersion, Correlation Analysis Methods, Linear Regression Analysis.
Theory of probability, Standard Probability Distributions – Discrete distributions Binomial and Poisson;, Univariate continuous distribution – Normal, and standard normal.
Tests of Significance of Statistical Hypotheses- Concept of Hypotheses –Null and Alternative hypotheses, Type I and Type II errors, Significance level, Critical region, Power of a test , P- value and its interpretation; Large and Small Sample Test – Normal test, Student’s ‘t’ test, Chi-square tests, Analysis of variance.
Nonparametric methods-Non-parametric methods for estimation, Methods for tests of significance for the independent and correlated samples, Nonparametric Methods for more than two populations..
Pre-requisites: Undergraduate level statistics and biology
Total number of classes: 30
| Internal Assessment – 50% | ||
| Periodical 1 | Exam | 20% |
| Periodical 2 | Exam | 20% |
| Continuous Assessment | Assignment/Test/Quiz | 10% |
| 50% | ||
| End Semester Examination- 50% | ||
| Theory Exam | 50% | |
| 50% | ||
| Total | 100% |
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