‘Statistics for Population Health’ is a module which will provide you with the skills to carry out basic statistical analyses using STATA so that you are able to complete a quantitative dissertation. You will cover a variety of topics important for statistical analysis in the field of population health. These will include variable types, summarising and visualising data, normal distribution, statistical significance, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, power and sample size, chi-square tests, Z & t-tests, measuring associations between numerical or categorical variables, and finally linear regression and logistic regression.

By the end of the module, you will be able to

Select appropriate statistical analysis based on the hypotheses and data types.
	Carry out statistical analysis using STATA suitable for analysing large health datasets.
	Write and apply STATA syntax to conduct analyses and interpret results accordingly.
This is an introductory module for Year 2 students on the BSc Population Health Sciences programme running in Term 1 of the academic year. There is limited availability for UCL elective students from other departments. Places are allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis on Portico when the module selection opens. Spaces are limited.

Teaching for this module will take place in the form of lectures, self-paced independent study, and practicum sessions using the statistical software STATA.

Module Leads are Dr Jitka Pikhartova and Professor Nicola Shelton

Selected Reading List

An Introduction to Stata for Health Researchers, 4th Edition. Juul, S, Fydenberg M. ISBN12: 978-1-59718-135-8, 2014 Stata Press.
	An introduction to medical statistics 4th edition. Bland M. ISBN 10: 0199589925, 2015 OUP.
	Essential Medical Statistics, 2nd Edition. Betty R. Kirkwood, Jonathan A. C. Sterne ISBN: 978-0-865-42871-3 May 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
	STATA User’s Guide
	Critical care papers by Bewick et al. Available at http://www.criticalcarereviews.com/~critic15/index.php/science/254-statistics/general/2236-critical-care-statistics-series
	National Statistics and Survey websites including ONS, UK Data Archive, stats Canada, WHO, etc.