Studying at the University of Verona
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Study Plan
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Master's degree in Nursing and Midwifery Sciences - Enrollment from 2026/2027The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Epidemiology, statistics and research - STATISTICA PER LA RICERCA SPERIMENTALE (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S007231
Teacher
Credits
3
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SECS-S/02 - STATISTICS FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Period
1° SEM LM, Lm Sio BZ - VR 1A 1S (Coorte 2022)
To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link: Course organization
Learning objectives
The course aims at providing the theoretical tools to assess the frequency of diseases in human populations and the associated risk factors, i.e. skills in epidemiology and biostatistics.
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate to have acquired knowledge and skills concerning the main designs of an observational epidemiological study and the statistical methods for the analysis of biomedical data, and to know how to interpret and communicate the results of an analysis in a clear and concise way.
Program
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
The measurement process in medicine: measurement scales, validity, precision and accuracy
Statistical variables and frequency distributions
How to summarize the distribution of one or more variables: measures of location and dispersion, contingency tables
PROBABILITY THEORY
Definitions of probability
Rules of probability calculation
Independent and conditional probabilities
Random variables
Gauss and Student's T distributions
How to assess the validity of a diagnostic tool: sensitivity and specificity, ROC curves
INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
An outline of sampling theory
Sample distribution of an estimator
Confidence interval
The logic of the statistical test: null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis, type I and type II errors, power of a statistical test, p-value, z test and t test
PRINCIPLES OF OBSERVATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY:
Definition and objectives of epidemiology
Measures of disease frequency: prevalence, cumulative incidence, incidence rate
Measures of association: attributable risk, relative risk, odds ratio
Design and analysis of an observational epidemiological study: cross-sectional, case-control and cohort designs
Effect modification
Causal interpretation of an empirical association: random variability, systematic variability (selection bias and information bias), confounding
Bibliography
Learning assessment procedures
The final test is a written exam with short answer questions and multiple choice questions.
The aim of the test is to verify the knowledge of all the topics discussed.
The final evaluation is expressed in thirtieths.
