M.P.H. Competencies - Department of Biostatistics
Each department identifies competencies for each degree offered. These competencies reflect the full range of knowledge, skills, and other attributes that a student will acquire as a result of completing the requirements for a particular degree.
Upon graduation, a student completing the M.P.H. curriculum in biostatistics will be able to:
- apply basic probability theory and standard statistical methods
to problems relevant to biomedical, clinical, and public health research;
- use statistical computer packages to organize, analyze, and
report collected data;
- review and critique statistical methods and interpretations
presented in published research studies, presentations, or reports;
- integrate relevant scientific background to design experimental
and observational studies in biomedical, clinical, and public health research; and
- communicate
the results of statistical analyses both in writing and orally to investigators
and lay community members.
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