Introduction to Biostatistics

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Apply your knowledge of statistical theory to produce summary statistics for health research data.
  2. Implement data management guidelines for health research data.
  3. Manage and analyse health research data using a statistical package.
  4. Identify and apply appropriate statistical methods to analyse health research data.
  5. Interpret, summarise and communicate the results of a statistical analyses.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• TAS-MPH-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Public Health
• TAS-CPH-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Clinical Pharmacy
• TAS-CDP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-CUC-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
• TAS-APD-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-ADH-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-APG-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-AHE-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
• TAS-HSI-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APH-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-AMS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-AOP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AOR-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-ASC-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
• TAS-SCL-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-AWP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
• TAS-AQS-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-ADP-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
• TAS-CUC-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
• TAS-CCR-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
• TAS-APD-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-ADH-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-APG-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-AHE-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
• TAS-HSI-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APH-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-AMS-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-AOP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AOR-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-ASC-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
• TAS-SCL-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-AWP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
• TAS-CDP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-AQS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Independent Learning 8 hours weekly; Tutorial (Online) 1 hour (2 times per week)

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.