Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PHE 403 — Biostatistics

PHE department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

define basic statistical terminologies
explain various types of statistics and their uses
differentiate between descriptive, qualitative and quantitative data)
utilise statistical methods to analyse, present and interpret data; and
communicate data analysis result based on informed decision

Course contents

Review of basic statistical terminologies. Discrete/categorical and continuous data. Descriptive/quantitative and qualitative data. Parameters and statistics. Parametric and non parametric statistics. Review of descriptive statistics. Inferential statistics. Errors – type 1 and type 11. Hypothesis testing. Level of significance.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PHE 403.