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Course unit, curriculum year 2020–2021
BIOMJ016

Biostatistics and Computing, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2020–18.10.2020)
Course code
BIOMJ016
Language of instruction
English, Finnish
Academic year
2020–2021
Level of study
Postgraduate studies
Grading scale
Pass-Fail
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Jaakko Nevalainen
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Social Sciences 100 %
- Data collection, designs

- Descriptive and exploratory data analysis
- Estimation, probability, sampling distributions
- Basics of statistical inference: statistical significance testing, confidence intervals
- One-sample, two-sample, multiple samples problems
- Different types of outcomes
- Correlation and other measures of association

The course will be given in English every other year (odd years) using R and in Finnish every other year (even years) and using SPSS or R.

Learning outcomes
Further information
Learning material
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1

Participation in teaching

08.09.2020 01.10.2020
Active in period 1 (1.8.2020–18.10.2020)