Name: Biostatistics MOOC: Informational Session
Start: 2017-02-01T16:30:00+03:00
End: 2017-02-01T18:00:00+03:00
Location: American Center in Moscow - U.S. Embassy

Biostatistics MOOC: Informational Session

<P><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>The American Center will host a new MOOC, </SPAN><A HREF="https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-applied-biostatistics-osakaux-med101x-0#%21" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><SPAN>Applied Biostatistics</SPAN></A><SPAN>.<BR></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN CLASS="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_1400_1447" ROLE="button"><SPAN CLASS="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_1400_1447" ROLE="button"><STRONG>When</STRONG>: Information Session will be held on <STRONG>February 1, 16:45.</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><STRONG> </STRONG> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><STRONG>Course length</STRONG>: 6 weeks (once a week) + 2 optional personalized sessions.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><STRONG>Who</STRONG>: Medical and Public Health researchers; advanced students in medicine and public health.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><STRONG>Why</STRONG>: If you want to publish your research, you must have good data.    This Applied Biostatistics course covers important topics in medical statistical concepts and reasoning. Each topic will be introduced with examples from published clinical research papers; and all homework assignments will help you do hands-on data analysis using real-life datasets. This course also provides an introduction to basic epidemiological concepts such as study designs and sample size computation. Open-source, easy-to-use software will be used such as R Commander and PS sample size software. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><EM>** Please note that this session starts at <STRONG>16:45</STRONG>. The ticket option in Eventbrite allows us only to choose :00 or :30 increments, so it is listed on the ticket as 16:30.</EM> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>

American Center in Moscow - U.S. Embassy

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