Biostatistics is a course offered by the department of Basic Sciences. It is a 2-credit-hour course with 4 contact hours per week (over 8 weeks). This course (taught in English) provides an intensive study on the topic of the basic biostatistical methods in health and health related fields. On the completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Appreciate the role of biostatistics in health and health related fields.
• Define and identify the different levels of measurement, types and characteristics of different variables.
• Enumerate, define and construct different types of tables to summarize data with meaningful interpretation, abstract reasoning and efficient presentation of data .
• Enumerate, indicate and construct the different types of graphical presentation for data display and report with proper interpretation.
• Enumerate, appreciate and appraise the different measures of central tendency to describe, detecting normality and data examination and presentation.
• Enumerate, employ, and appraise the different measures of dispersion to describe, examine, present and interpret the different data sets regarding normality, dispersion and deviation.
• Develop sound understanding of probability values.
• Identify the normal distribution and examine the data for normality.
• Analyze a collection of paired sample data using correlation and regression.
• Find measure of center, measure of variation and graph data using SPSS.