PHT 122 Introduction to Biostatistics

ND1 levelMedical & Health Sciences15 topics

PHT 122 covers 15 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

Fundamentals of biostatistics
Sources and types of biostatistics
Uses of biostatistics
Descriptive statistics for health data
Measures of central tendency
Measures of variability
Graphs, charts and tables
Inferential statistical tests
Correlation analysis
Chi-square test
Student's t-test
Vital statistics in public health
Morbidity, mortality, natality and nuptiality statistics
Migration statistics
Environmental sanitation statistics

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Fundamentals of biostatistics

Biostatistics is the application of statistical methods to biological and health‑related data. Mastering its fundamentals—data types, measurement scales, descriptive statistics, and basic probability—is essential for interpreting research findings and designing studies in the Nigerian tertiary exams.

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Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
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An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.

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