Data Analysis and Research Methods
Basic Biostatistics
Students typically complete one of the following introductory courses to fulfill the Biostatistics requirement ‐‐ Biostatistics 501 or Biostatistics 521. A grade of B or better is needed in order for the course to fulfill the Basic Biostatistics doctoral requirement. Students who might qualify for an exemption on the basis of prior course work should complete the exemption form.
Exemption from the Basic Biostatistics requirement may also be attained by successful completion of the exemption examination. This exam is open book and a calculator is required. Students who successfully complete the entire exam will be exempt from the Basic Biostatistics requirement. Students who pass the first portion of the exam but not the problems dealing with multiple regression and analysis of variance will not be entirely exempt, but may select Biostatistics 521 or the Psych 613/614 sequence to fully fulfill the Basic Biostatistics requirement.
NOTE: The Basic Biostatistics exemption exam is only offered prior to the first day of classes in the Fall term. Students should check for a current schedule of exams if they intend to take the Basic Biostatistics exemption exam. It is strongly recommended that the Basic Biostatistics requirement is fulfilled within the first year of enrollment in the program and all exemptions are completed by the end of the first semester.
The program requires a minimum of 6 hours of advanced data analysis above and beyond the Basic Biostatistics course requirement. This requirement may be satisfied by courses offered outside the department. Students may satisfy these requirements by taking advanced statistics courses offered in the Biostatistics, Psychology, Sociology, and other departments across the University (graduate level credit) or advanced qualitative data analysis courses offered in other departments at the University. Please refer to the Advanced Data Analysis table for a list of courses across the University that satisfy the Advanced Data Analysis requirement and are commonly recommended by previous students. There may be relevant courses available that are not listed. Questions about whether they fulfill the Advanced Data Analysis requirements should be directed to the Doctoral Curriculum Committee. (See below for a list of possible advanced quantitative and qualitative data analysis courses.)
NOTE: No exemptions are made for prior coursework in Advanced Data Analysis.
The program requires a minimum of 3 hours of advanced research methods, above and beyond HBHE 821: Intervention Research Design. This requirement may be satisfied by courses taken inside or outside the department, as long as the courses offer graduate level credit. Students have satisfied these requirements by taking courses offered in HBHE, Psychology, Sociology, or in other departments across the U‐M campus. Please refer to the list below for examples of courses across the University that satisfies the Advanced Research Methods requirement. There may be relevant courses available that are not listed and questions about whether they fulfill the Advanced Research Methods requirements should be directed to the Doctoral Curriculum Committee.
As a growing number of HBHE doctoral students aspire to excellence in qualitative research, a list of possible courses in qualitative research methods is included below.
NOTE: No exemptions are made for prior coursework in advanced research methods.
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