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Biostatistics Courses

Biostatistics courses can help you learn statistical methods for analyzing health data, experimental design, and epidemiological principles. You can build skills in interpreting data sets, conducting hypothesis testing, and applying regression techniques to real-world health scenarios. Many courses introduce tools like R and SAS, that support performing complex analyses and visualizing data trends in public health research.

Popular Biostatistics Courses and Certifications


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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Statistical Estimation for Data Science and AI

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Inference, Statistical Methods, Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Applied Mathematics, Probability Distribution, Probability

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Minnesota

    Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics

    Skills you'll gain: Mental and Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health, Human Development, Healthcare Ethics, Precision Medicine, Social Studies, Life Sciences, Psychology, Psychiatry, Biostatistics, Medical Science and Research, Molecular Biology, Research Design, Molecular, Cellular, and Microbiology, Biology, Research, Mental Health Diseases and Disorders, Epidemiology

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Rice University

    Basic Data Descriptors, Statistical Distributions, and Application to Business Decisions

    Skills you'll gain: Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Probability Distribution, Business Analytics, Statistical Methods, Microsoft Excel, Statistical Modeling, Data Analysis, Excel Formulas, Statistical Analysis, Descriptive Analytics, Box Plots, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Inference, Correlation Analysis, Decision Making, Variance Analysis

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    SkillUp

    Statistical Analysis and Data Modeling in Healthcare

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Clinical Research, Clinical Data Management, Data Analysis, Analytics, Machine Learning Methods, Healthcare Ethics, Data Literacy, Health Informatics, Regression Analysis, Descriptive Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning Software, Supervised Learning, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Statistics, Statistical Machine Learning, Decision Tree Learning, Random Forest Algorithm

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Mathematical Biostatistics Boot Camp 2

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Inference, Biostatistics, Sampling (Statistics), Statistics, Data Analysis, Sample Size Determination, Risk Analysis

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Illinois Tech

    Statistical Learning

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Science, Statistical Programming, Statistical Methods, Statistical Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Applied Machine Learning, Model Evaluation, Regression Analysis, Statistics, Machine Learning Methods, Machine Learning Algorithms, Supervised Learning, Bayesian Statistics, Statistical Inference, Machine Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Predictive Modeling, Logistic Regression

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Probability Foundations for Data Science and AI

    Skills you'll gain: Probability, Probability & Statistics, Probability Distribution, Bayesian Statistics, Sampling (Statistics), Data Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Data Collection

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Statistics for Genomic Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Modeling, Statistics, R Programming, Probability & Statistics, Data Preprocessing, Data Analysis, Statistical Inference, Regression Analysis, Data Pipelines, Logistic Regression, Analysis

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Duke University

    Introduction to Probability and Data with R

    Skills you'll gain: Sampling (Statistics), Exploratory Data Analysis, R (Software), Probability & Statistics, Statistical Inference, Probability Distribution, Bayesian Statistics, R Programming, Data Analysis, Probability, Statistics, Statistical Methods, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Software, Descriptive Statistics

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Duke University

    Bayesian Statistics

    Skills you'll gain: Bayesian Statistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Methods, Statistical Inference, Statistical Programming, Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Regression Analysis, Data Analysis, R Programming, R (Software), Probability, Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Predictive Modeling, Model Evaluation, Probability Distribution

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Pittsburgh

    Statistics and Calculus Methods for Data Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Statistical Modeling, Predictive Modeling, Data Analysis, Statistics, Integral Calculus, Probability & Statistics, Data Science, Probability Distribution, Calculus, Mathematics and Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics, Derivatives, Probability, Mathematical Modeling, Machine Learning, Algorithms

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Arizona State University

    Probability, Statistical Inference and Regression Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Analytics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Estimation, Logistic Regression

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular biostatistics courses

  • Statistical Estimation for Data Science and AI: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics: University of Minnesota
  • Basic Data Descriptors, Statistical Distributions, and Application to Business Decisions: Rice University
  • Statistical Analysis and Data Modeling in Healthcare: SkillUp
  • Mathematical Biostatistics Boot Camp 2: Johns Hopkins University
  • Statistical Learning: Illinois Tech
  • Probability Foundations for Data Science and AI: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Statistics for Genomic Data Science: Johns Hopkins University
  • Introduction to Probability and Data with R: Duke University
  • Bayesian Statistics: Duke University

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Logistic Regression (7)
Probability Distribution (7)
Bayesian Statistics (6)
Medical Statistics (6)

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