BVST041c Statistics - practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Lucie Burešová (seminar tutor)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Veronika Išová (assistant)
MVDr. Halina Matějová (assistant)
Ing. Kateřina Novohradská (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BVVP0321c Nutrition in health promotion and public health I - exercises
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Aim of the subject is to provide students with knowledge necessary to collection, analyze and presentation of data and verifying hypothesis. The sense of it is to point out the advantages and partial limitations of statistics. This should make it easier to understand to subject-specific literature, using statistic information and evaluation of the results of statistical search.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to
- use the acquired knowledge in the comparison of therapeutic and diagnostic procedures from which to choose the most appropriate method,
-in estimating the health needs of the population group,
-monitoring and explaining differences in the health status of different groups of people.
Syllabus
  • Methods of random sampling.
  • Rules for probabilities calculations, Bayes formula.
  • Frequency and distributional function of normal and binomic distribution, work with tables.
  • Schedule of survey sampling.
  • Claculation and interpretation of avarage values.
  • Calculation and interpretation of variability indicators.
  • Choice criteria for suitable position and variability indicators.
  • Assessment of normal distribution parametres.
  • Probability assessment.
  • Comparison of average and probable values (u-test, t-test).
  • Pearsons correlation coefficient, regression line.
  • Sequential correlation coefficient.
  • Chi-squared test.
  • Sign test, Wilcoxons test for comparison of two samples level.
  • Risk calculation in prospective and retrospective studies.
Literature
  • ZVÁROVÁ, Jana. Základy statistiky pro biomedicínské obory. 3. vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2016, 219 stran. ISBN 9788024634166. info
  • PROCHÁZKA, Bohumír. Biostatistika pro lékaře : principy základních metod a jejich interpretace s využitím statického systému R. Vydání první. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 345 stran. ISBN 9788024627823. info
  • PROCHÁZKA, Bohumír. Stručná biostatistika pro lékaře. 1. vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2015, 125 stran. ISBN 9788024627830. info
  • PAVLÍK, Tomáš and Ladislav DUŠEK. Biostatistika (Biostatistics). 1st ed. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o Brno, 2012, 131 pp. ISBN 978-80-7204-782-6. info
  • ASPDEN, William. Practical skills in food science, nutrition and dietetics. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited, 2011, xv, 515. ISBN 9781408223093. info
  • GERYLOVOVÁ, Anna and Jan HOLČÍK. Úvod do statistiky. Text pro semináře. 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 31 pp. ISBN 80-210-2301-5. info
  • GERYLOVOVÁ, Anna and Jan HOLČÍK. Základy statistiky. 1. vyd. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity, 1995, 29 s. ISBN 8021011718. info
Teaching methods
class exercises
Assessment methods
credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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