Course Name: Introduction to Biostatistics

Course abstract

Observations from biological laboratory experiments, clinical trials, and health surveys always carry some amount of uncertainty. In many cases, especially for the laboratory experiments, it is inevitable to just ignore this uncertainty due to large variation in observations. Tools from statistics are very useful in analyzing this uncertainty and filtering noise from data. Also, due to advancement of microscopy and molecular tools, a rich data can be generated from experiments. To make sense of this data, we need to integrate this data a model using tools from statistics. In this course, we will discuss about different statistical tools required to (i) analyze our observations, (ii) design new experiments, and (iii) integrate large number of observations in single unified model. We will discuss about both the theory of these tools and will do hand-on exercise on open source software R.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Shamik Sen

Dr. Sen joined IIT Bombay in July 2010 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering. Dr. Sen earned a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and a M. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur. He then completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania, where he worked in the area of mechanobiology. He is currently working in the area of mechanobiology where he is integrating mechanics and biology for probing stem cell biology and cancer cell biology. He is combining experiments with simulations for addressing his research questions.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

ASADULLAH

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Vividha Raunekar

P.hD

 Course Duration : Jul-Sep 2019
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 15-May-2019 to 05-Aug-2019
 Exam registration : 01-Jun-2019 to 26-Aug-2019
 Exam Date : 29-Sep-2019, 29-Sep-2019

Enrolled

2449

Registered

449

Certificate Eligible

297

Certified Category Count

Gold

8

Silver

78

Elite

111

Successfully completed

100

Participation

58

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Introduction to Biostatistics - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

KALA RAJIV NAYAK 94%

DON BOSCO COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

BABU D 91%

THANTHAI PERIYAR GOVERNMENT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, VELLORE

SONAWANE DEEPAK SITARAM 91%

VIDYA PRATISHTHANS KAMAL NAYAN BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DR H RAVI SANKAR 91%

LOYOLA DEGREE COLLEGE(YSRR)


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

SAMRAT HORE 90%

TRIPURA UNIVERSITY

ABHINESH N.S. 90%

BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY

K PIYUSHA 90%

R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DR.A.SANTHA 90%

KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

DR. NAICY THOMAS 88%

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES MANNUTHY

LIJI SEBASTIAN 88%

KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE

DR VEERABHADRAPPA S T 88%

JSS ACADEMY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, BENGALURU

MAHESH M 87%

BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY

LAXMI MISHRA 86%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

NIKHIL MADHUSUDAN JOSHI 86%

NARANLALA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & MANAGEMENT

PALLAB DEBNATH 86%

TRIPURA UNIVERSITY

SADIQ ALI A P 86%

PVALUE SOLUTIONS

RONAK PAUL 86%

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2449

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 449

Assignment Statistics



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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.