GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
BIOSTATISTICS/BİS 401
Course Title: BIOSTATISTICS
Credits 2 ECTS 2
Course Semester 7 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Able to define the basic concepts of Biostatistics
Able to explain types of variables
Able to define data collection and data representation methods
Able to define descptive statistics
Able to explain theoretical distributions
Able to define sampling methods
Able to use statistical software
Able to explain hypothesis testing
Able to make some hypothesis tests
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Science, scientific method, the concepts of statistics and biostatistics
2. Week  Basic concepts of Biostatistics
3. Week  Types of variables
4. Week  Data collection methods
5. Week  Data representation methods
6. Week  Descriptive statistics (meausures of central tendency)
7. Week  Descriptive statistics (measures of dispersion)
8. Week  Theoretical distributions (normal, binomial and Poisson distributions)
9. Week  Sampling methods
10. Week  Sampling methods
11. Week  Statistical software and SPSS
12. Week  Basic concepts of hypothesis testing
13. Week  Hypothesis testing (Student's T, Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon)
14. Week  Hypothesis testing (One way ANOVA)
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
1
10
 Application
1
20
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
2
2
4
 Searching in Internet and Library
1
2
2
 Material Design and Implementation
2
4
8
 Report Preparing
0
0
0
 Preparing a Presentation
0
0
0
 Presentation
0
0
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
5
5
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
6
6
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
53
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
2.12
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
2
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Use the knowledge of basic and social sciences required by the profession of dietitian effectively throughout his/her professional life.X
2Comprehends the principles of protection and development of individual and community health in the course of his professional life.X
3Uses his/her knowledge to improve the health level and quality of life of the society.X
4Follow the developments in the discipline of nutrition and dietetics.X
5Uses correct and reliable information and informatic technologies in self-development.X
6It renews itself professionally with the awareness of lifelong learning.X
7He/she acts in accordance with the professional ethical consciousness within the legal framework related to his/her duties, rights and responsibilities.X
8Use their professional knowledge and skills in accordance with the basic values and culture of the society at national and international level.X
9Acts in accordance with quality management processes.X
10Do experiments, projects and research with appropriate methods in his / her discipline.X
11Works in conjunction with relevant disciplines in the field of professional practice.X
12Applies personal knowledge specific to the physiological, environmental and socio-cultural needs of healthy and / or sick individuals.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Section of Academic Staff)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://sbf-bdb.gazi.edu.tr/)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (sbf@gazi.edu.tr )