Biostatistics, M.P.H.

Learning Outcomes

Students will…

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of a) fundamental principles and practices in health promotion, education, and behavior; b) organization, principles, and practices in health administration; c) principles and practices in epidemiology, and tools for translating epidemiological findings into public health action; d) public health statistical applications; and e) environmental health from the perspective of the earth as a complex, dynamic system.
• Demonstrate the ability to evaluate a given health related problem, and to identify the most appropriate statistical technique (e.g., t-test, contingency table, correlation) for analysis.
• Display a mastery of a variety of traditional and newly developed statistical techniques, including multivariable methods for continuous and categorical data analysis.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply analytic epidemiologic methods used to investigate health conditions.
• Understand knowledge of academic and non-academic issues and problems in epidemiology and biostatistics.
• Demonstrate the ability to interpret the results of a statistical analysis, and to communicate such interpretations in an easily comprehendible manner.
• Demonstrate the ability to structure available data in an easily useable form, using a variety of data management software tools.
• Demonstrate the ability to use a variety of statistical software packages, to create and maintain databases, and to analyze data.
• Gain exposure to a wide variety of public health topics, and develop a basic understanding of the philosophy of public health practice.
• Demonstrate the ability to interpret the results of a statistical analysis, and to explain those results in understandable terms to public health practitioners.
• Display the ability to apply an existing statistical technique to a current problem or question faced by a health agency, and to be able to explain the details of the analysis approach.