Biostatics I  is designed to equip the student with knowledge of statistics necessary in Public Health, the importance of statistical measures, sampling methods, analysis and graphical presentation of data. The course introduces the student to the concepts of data and types of data. The student will learn the concepts of statistical hypothesis testing and its application to group comparisons; power and sample size issues in study designs; and random sample and other study types. The emphasis in this course is on understanding the data and its interpretation for application.