Certification training RMBIO
Duration:42HOURS
Concepts covered
Essentials of Research Methodology
Elements of Biostatistics
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics – Parametric data
Hands on training with SPSS or SAS
Project Support
Syllabus:
Essentials of Research Methodology
Framing a research question, hypothesis, distilling objectives from research question, Designing the study (Case Reports, Case series, Cross sectional, Case -control, Cohort and RCT), Randomization, Sampling methods, Ethical Aspects in biomedical research
Elements of Biostatistics
Definition, Hypothesis, Sample Size, Errors, Level of significance, Power of the test, P value, Odds Ratio, Incidence, Prevalence, Relative Risk, Attributable Risk, Attributable Risk %, Population Attributable Risk, Population Attributable Risk %,Number needed to treat
Descriptive statistics:
statistics: Mean, Median, Mode, Standard deviation, Standard Error Mean, Range,Confidence
Interval
Inferential statistics:
statistics: Test for normality, T test, Paired t test, ANOVA, Correlation and
Regression, Chi Square test
Hands on training:
SPSS or SAS
Case studies
Case studies
Project work
mentoring: Mentoring and limited support for data analysis during their project
work.
Scope of the course:
Highlights of the training
Thought provoking discussions
Insightful presentations
Hands- on sessions
Enable researchers to analyse
their own data
Regular and Weekend batches
On site institution training (For
Group Registrations only)