To better understand the principles of Epidemiology it is necessary to be familiar with the basic concepts of Statistics and Probability.
You may review these concepts using the videos from online college level courses noted below.
The videos are grouped as Basic Courses from “FILMS ON DEMAND” available through the Boston College Libraries and Advanced Courses from “MIT OPEN COURSEWARE"
"Mean, Mode, and Median— Babe Ruth": Ruth played baseball from 1914-1935. In this example, consider Ruth's yearly number of home runs in his last 10 year of play to determine the mean, median, and mode
Variance and Standard Deviation “Standard Deviation": Sabeti quantifies the spread of Wahoo's Tacos' sales by calculating the standard deviation. Learn what it means to compare standard deviations.
“Correlation Coefficients— Beach Attendance”: In this example, a scatter plot shows a correlation between temperature and beach attendance.
“Normal Distribution and the Empirical Rule": Visit the Boston Beanstalks club for tall people. Height is normally distributed and we can use membership cutoffs and population data to calculate z-scores.
Two-Way Frequency Tables “Relative Frequency of Events”: This clip explores the probability of seeing Australian animals on a wildlife tour and uses relative frequency to describe the chances of seeing particular animals.
"Calculating Confidence Intervals": Sabeti lists the assumptions required prior to calculating the confidence interval. Learn how to create a confidence interval for any confidence level
Significance Testing “Hypothesis Testing: Lecture 4:" In this video lecture, Professor Naomi Lowe explains hypothesis testing (logic, process, one- and two-tailed tests, and significance in research).
Inference for Categorical Data “Branches of Statistics: Lecture 1, Part 1:" In this video lecture,Professor Naomi Lowe discusses the different branches of statistics and looks at types of variables.
Two Inference for Difference Between 2 Groups “Inference for Two-Way Tables": Host Dr. Pardis Sabeti's own research examines possible genetic resistance to deadly Lassa fever in West Africa. Using Inference for Two-Way Tables
