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Apr 20, 2024
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PSY 7170 - Health Statistics
This course provides an introduction to specialized statistical techniques that have been developed for the analysis of health-related data. Major topics include the evaluation of diagnostic tests, the measurement and modeling of health states or events, and the analysis of survival time data.
Requisites: Permission required and PSY 6112
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Compute and interpret the accuracy (sensitivity and specificity) and usefulness (positive and negative predictive value) of a diagnostic test or of a diagnostic test battery.
- Conduct, interpret, and report analyses for survival data, including, lifetable analysis, the Kaplan-Meier product-limit nonparametric analysis, and the Cox proportional hazards model.
- Conduct, interpret, and report analyses of health states/events, including logistic regression analyses.
- Distinguish prevalence and incidence measures of disease.
- Judge the methodological quality of studies conducted to assess the accuracy of diagnostic tests.
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