BVST041p Statistics - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Lucie Burešová (lecturer)
MVDr. Halina Matějová (assistant)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Veronika Išová (assistant)
Ing. Kateřina Novohradská (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MVDr. Halina Matějová
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BVVP0321c Nutrition in health promotion and public health I - exercises
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Aim of the subject is to provide students with theoretical knowledge necessary to collection, analyze and presentation of data and veryfying hypothesis.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to
-use the acquired knowledge in the comparison of therapeutic and diagnostic procedures from which to choose the most appropriate method in estimating the health needs of the population group,
- to use in monitoring and explaining differences in the health status of different groups of people.
Syllabus
  • Importance of statistics in medical research and medical practice
  • Basic statistic definitions (basic sample, selection, probability )
  • Theoretical distribution (normal, binomic)
  • Stages of the statistic search
  • Datas description (sorting, graphs, indicators)
  • Variability in medicine
  • Statistical induction, conditions
  • Theory of estimation
  • Testing of statistical hypothesis
  • Evaluation of quantitative quantities dependency
  • Evaluation of qualitative quantities dependency
  • Level comparison non-parametric tests
  • Validation of dependency non-parametric tests
  • Risk indicators,evaluation, interpretation
  • Explanation possibilities of perceptible association
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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