GCU BIO500 All Weeks Discussions
Week 1 Discussion
DQ1 Search for 2 or 3 SPSS tutorials to help you learn how
to use SPSS. Answer the following about
the websites. Provide the website for
the 2 or 3 tutorials that you found on SPSS?
What specific things were you searching for in these tutorials? What did you like or dislike about the
tutorials? What did you find the most
useful in these tutorials?
DQ2 This course is designed to provide you with the
knowledge and skills in application, Assessment, analysis, and interpretation
of biostatistical data used to inform public health programs, policy, and
practice. View the online video, “Careers in Biostatistics.” The
video describes the education that a professional biostatistician receives at
the University of North Carolina. More than likely you will be working with
professional biostatisticians. Why is it important for you to take this course
in biostatistics?
BIO500 Biostatistics
Week 2 Discussion
DQ1 Compare a minimum of three statistical packages that are
available to statisticians and/or students of statistics.
DQ2 Assume you are working for a local public health
organization at the state level. Your team wants to develop a program to
prepare for a possible pandemic that is spreading worldwide. View, “Laurie
Garrett on Lessons From the 1918 Flu.” How could knowledge of the course
objectives help you make recommendations to your organization?
BIO500 Biostatistics
Week 3 Discussion
DQ1 It is time to relate the rules and concepts of
probability to the practice of statistics and experimentation. Sampling distributions
provide the link between probabilities and data. Recall that the sum of the
probabilities of all possible outcomes for a certain event must equal one.
Because the variables representing or describing a certain event can take on a
range of values, the frequency of each of those values forms a distribution of
possible outcomes, each with its own probability of occurrence. View
“Central Limit Theorem” (media piece). What is the significance of
the frequency histogram illustrated by dice and numbers in “Dice
Combination?” How does this relate to the central limit theorem provided
in the media? Roll the dice, what were your odds? HINT: Click on Dice
Combination in the media. If you roll the dice, you have to count the total
number of two dice. There are two ways to check on your results (Refer to the
instructions by clicking Instructions); click on the dice combinations and odds
given in the frequency histogram and the table or click the red bar at the
right side of the media piece. Explore the basic principle of probability
through this media piece. Utilize the quiz to ensure that you understand these
basic principles. What is the significance of probability in judgment and
decision making in important aspects of health care? Explain your response with
an applicable example.
DQ2 For the public health industry, describe some examples
of a random variable.
BIO500 Biostatistics
Week 4 Discussion
DQ1 Explain the important points of the central limit
theorem.
DQ2 View “Seth Berkley: HIV and Flu–The Vaccine
Strategy.”
What are some of the tools in this course that
epidemiologists use to perform their work?
