Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
BIOSTATISTICS	Third cycle	SEC 219		3	3.00	3.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	No
Language of instruction	Turkısh
Coordinator	LECTURER GÖZDE ERTÜRK ZARARSIZ
Lecturer(s)	LECTURER GÖZDE ERTÜRK ZARARSIZ
Teaching assitant(s)	non
Mode of delivery	Class lectures
Course objective	Students learn the biostatistics applications are aimed to gain knowledge and skills.
Course description	Course at the undergraduate level

Course contents

1	Introduction to the biostatistics
2	Distribution of descriptive statistics and distributions
3	Data classification
4	Measures of central tendency
5	Measures of dispersion
6	Tables
7	Graphs
8	Scientific research planning
9	Evaluation of research and report writing
10	Health statistics
11	Health statistics
12	Statistics using computer
13	Statistics using computer
14	Statistics using computer
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Will be able to understand the necessity of Biostatistics
2	Will be able to specify the types of variables
3	Will be able to count the steps of scientific research
4	Will be able to describe the study population
5	Will beable to interpret percentage, mean, standard deviation, median, quartile values
6	Will be able to determine sampling method
7	Will be able to comprehend the importance of biostatistics in the science of probability distributions
8	Will be able to count the title of the research report
9	Will be able to count the rules of report preparation
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*Contribution level of the course unit to the key learning outcomes

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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	2	28
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	1	14
Homework	0	0	0
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	8	8
Midterm exams	1	1	1
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	12	12
Final exam	1	1	1
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			64
ECTS			3.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Course notes
Additional references	1-Sümbüloglu K ve Sümbüloğlu V. Biyoistatistik. Somgür Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2003. 2-2-Özdamar K. SPSS ile Biyoistatistik. Kaan Kitabevi, Eskişehir, 1999. 3-Alpar R. Spor Bilimlerinde Uygulamalı statistik.Nobel Yayın-Dağıtım, Ankara, 2001.

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