Course objectives:
The course objectives are to help the student:
1) Understand the statistical procedures needed for data analysis of the
dental literatures.
2) Understand the statistical procedures needed for performing research.
Course Outline.
Week (1); Lecture (50 minutes duration)
Topic: Definition, statistics, variables, population and sample.
Week (2); Lecture (50 minutes duration)
Topic: Mean, median and mode
Variance, standard deviation and coefficient of variance.
Week (3); Lecture (50 minutes duration)
Topic: Probability.
Week (4); Lecture (50 minutes duration)
Topic: Normal distribution.
Week (5); Lecture (50 minutes duration)
Topic: Confidence interval.
Week (6); Lecture (50 minutes duration)
Topic: Hypothesis testing.
Week (7); Lecture (50 minutes duration)
Topic: Hypothesis testing for two samples.
Week (8); Mid-term Written Examination
Topic: Mid-term Written Examination
• Multiple choice questions