Seminar and Practice for Biometrics Exam

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 0 hours

practices: 12 hours

seminars: 12 hours

total of: 24 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAE-VGO-T
  • 2 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Elective modul
  • both
Prerequisites:

-

Exam course:

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 12

Topic

The course closely follows the compulsory Biometrics course, as it is designed to provide additional practice and consultation. During the lessons, participants have the opportunity to formulate their individual problems, discuss theoretical issues in detail and solve problems interactively.

Lectures

Practices

  • 1.

    Relative frequency and probability, thinking models (deterministic and stochastic models). Types of data and their representation.

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  • 2.

    Probability calculation-Binomial and Poisson distribution.

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  • 3.

    Exploring data by numbers - descriptive statistics.

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  • 4.

    Normal distribution. The distribution of the sample mean.

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  • 5.

    Estimation. The confidence interval of the expected value.

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  • 6.

    Hypothesis testing methods - the one sample (and the paired samples) t tests.

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  • 7.

    Two independent samples t test. The Type one and Type two errors.

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  • 8.

    Nonparametric tests.

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  • 9.

    Linear regression and correlation.

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  • 10.

    Contingency tables - the chi-squares test, Fisher's exact test.

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  • 11.

    Summary of topics.

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  • 12.

    Final practice. Grading, evaluation.

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Seminars

  • 1.

    Introduction (Biometrics and Medical Sciences). Probability and relative frequency. Variables and its representation.

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  • 2.

    Probability calculation and discrete distributions.

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  • 3.

    Descriptive statistics.

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  • 4.

    Continuous probability distributions-normal distribution.

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  • 5.

    Statistical estimation. Confidence interval for the expected value.

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  • 6.

    Principle of hypothesis testing metjods. One sample and paired samples t tests.

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  • 7.

    Comparison of the confidence interval and hypothesis testing methods. Type I and type II errors.

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  • 8.

    Independent samples t test. The power of the test.

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  • 9.

    Non-parametric tests: Sign-, Wilcoxon-, Mann-Whitney tests.

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  • 10.

    Linear regression and correlation.

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  • 11.

    The evaluation of frequency data: Chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test. Special applications.

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  • 12.

    The principle of the ANOVA.

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Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Moodle notices.

Notes

Moodle electronic notes
Joseph Belágyi: Medical Biometry
Sára Jeges: Biometry
L. Pótó: Biometrics. Workbook for the Practices, Pécs, 2020

Recommended literature

D.S. Moore, G.P. McCabe: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 5th ed., W.H. Freeman 2005
D. Yates, D.S. Moore, D.S. Starnes: The Practice of Statistics (TI-83/89 Graphing Calculator Enhanced) 2/e, 2003, W.H. Freeman
W.G. Rees: Essential Statistics, Chapman and Hall, 1992

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Active participation in lessons.

Mid-term exams

There is no test.

Making up for missed classes

It is possible to join another group in the current week.

Exam topics/questions

No exam.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Borbásné Farkas Kornélia
  • Dergez Tímea
  • Kőnigné Péter Anikó
  • Makszin Lilla