In this module learners will be oriented to some types of variables and their roles in basic biostatistics. Different types of quantitative and qualitative variables will be explored. Basic graphs and charts depicting these variables will also be discussed.

How to Use this Training

As an educational tool for public health professionals, health care providers, and others who work with biostatistical information.

Continuing Education

This training offers 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of participation in a structured continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship and qualified instruction. A certificate of completion for each module will be awarded upon completion.

Acknowledgments

Module Author
Susan Telke
Instructor, Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

This module was developed by the Midwest Center for Life-Long Learning in Public Health (MCLPH), funded in part by grant #D20-HP00021-06-01 from the Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS, Public Health Training Center Program. Debra Olson, DNP, MPH, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN, Principal Investigator, and Rhonda Jones-Webb, Dr. PH, MSPH, Co-Investigator.

Registration

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