BASIC MATHEMATICS FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Learning outcomes of the course unit
We want that the students understand scientific methods used in statistics and we want to fit up the student for his future studies implying statistics.
Course contents summary
Recovery elementary math: numerical sets, percentages, powers,proportions,equivalences. Combinatorics. Binomial coefficients, binomial theorem. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions .
Mathematical model .
Statistic's methods and aim, descriptive statistics: classification, frequency distribution,graphicalmrepresentations,means, mode, median, quantiles, range,simple absolute deviation, standard deviation, variance. probability: outline of several theories, discrete and continuous random variables, probability 's funcfions expected value, standard deviation, binomial and normal distribution.
Recommended readings
Vené- Betti: "Matematica, sapere, saper fare", Sansoni editore
Benedetto - Degli Esposti - Maffei: "matematica per le scienze della vita", casa editrice ambrosiana
Villani: "matematica per le discipline biomediche", McGraw-Hill
Abate: "Matematica e statistica, le basi per le scienze della vita", McGraw-Hill
Castino-Roletto: "statistica applicata", Piccin editrice
