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Type D and Type F activities
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Laurea in Scienze delle attività motorie e sportive - Enrollment from 2025/2026| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher | |
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| 3° | Physical bases of exercise prescription | D |
Silvia Pogliaghi
(Coordinator)
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| 3° | Advanced nutrition for sports | D |
Silvia Pogliaghi
(Coordinator)
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| 3° | Sport physiology | D |
Silvia Pogliaghi
(Coordinator)
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| 3° | Methods and techniques for body composition measurement | D |
Carlo Zancanaro
(Coordinator)
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| 2° 3° | Physiology of sport nutrition | D |
Silvia Pogliaghi
(Coordinator)
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| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher | |
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| 3° | Theory and pedagogy of nordic walking | D |
Barbara Pellegrini
(Coordinator)
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| 2° 3° | Hygiene applied to physical activities | D |
Stefano Tardivo
(Coordinator)
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| 2° 3° | Statistics applied to movement sciences | D |
Maria Elisabetta Zanolin
(Coordinator)
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Statistics applied to movement sciences (2019/2020)
Teaching code
4S001355
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
3
Also offered in courses:
- Statistics applied to movement sciences of the course Master's degree in Preventive and Adapted Exercise Science
- Statistics applied to movement sciences of the course Master's degree in Sport Science and Physical Performance
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
MED/01 - MEDICAL STATISTICS
Period
MOTORIE 2° semestre dal Mar 2, 2020 al May 31, 2020.
Learning outcomes
The main objectives of the course are to provide the essential knowledge of the discipline, to make students able to calculate and interpret the most common descriptive and inferential statistics used in the scientific literature.
Program
1) Measurement: measurement scales and validity, precision and accuracy. 2) Statistical variables and frequency distributions. 3) Descriptive statistics (measures of position and variability, contingency tables). 4) Introduction to probability theory. 5) From sample to population: principles of statistical inference. a. Confidence intervals; b. hypothesis testing (t-test for comparing two means, t-test for paired data, test for comparing proportions). 6) The Chi-Squared distribution and the analysis of frequencies. 7) Correlation and simple linear regression; interpretation of multiple regression analysis. 8) ANOVA: the analysis of variance. Fowler J, Jarvis P, Chevannes M (2006) Statistica per le professioni sanitarie. EdiSES: Napoli. Triola MM, Triola MF (2009) Statistica per le discipline biosanitarie. Ed. Pearson. Mecatti F (2015) Statistica di base, II edizione. Ed. McGrawHill, Milano. Verlato G, Zanolin ME (2000) Esercizi di Statistica Medica, Informatica ed Epidemiologia. Editrice Libreria Cortina: Verona. Villani S, Borrelli P.(2013) Excel & Statistica Medica. Ed. Medea s.r.l. Pavia
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. W. Daniel, C. L. Cross | Biostatistica Concetti di base per l’analisi statistica delle scienze dell’area medico-sanitaria (Edizione 3) | EdiSES | 2019 | 9788833190419 | |
| Norman G, Streiner D | Biostatistica: quello che avreste voluto sapere... (Edizione 2) | Ambrosiana | 2015 | ||
| Verlato G, Zanolin ME | Esercizi di Statistica Medica, Informatica ed Epidemiologia | Libreria Cortina Editrice, Verona | 2000 | ||
| Swinscow TDV, Campbell MJ | Le basi della Statistica per scienze bio-mediche | Edizioni Minerva Medica S.p.A., Torino | 2004 | ||
| Triola MM, Triola MF | Statistica per le Discipline Biosanitarie | Pearson | 2009 | ||
| Dancey CP, Reidy JG, Rowe R | Statistica per le scienze mediche | Piccin Nuova Libraria S.p.A. | 2016 | 978-88-299-2765-4 |
Examination Methods
The exam consists of a written exam followed by an optional oral exam. The written exam contains multiple choice questions and open answer exercises. Oral exam deals mainly with the written exam answers.
