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Introduction to Statistical Methods for Life and Health Sciences

STATS XL 13

This introductory course for pre-health and pre-medical students covers the presentation and interpretation of data, descriptive statistics, and introduction to correlation, regression, and basic statistical inference.

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Starting at $1,045.00
As few as 12 weeks
5.0

What you can learn.

  • Gain an appreciation for the study of statistics and understand the role it plays in life and health sciences
  • Explore statistical methods used in data analysis
  • Develop ability to reason and make conclusions based on data
  • Understand sampling distributions
  • Utilize Statistical Test selection (knowing when it is appropriate to use each test)
  • Understand basic statistical inference (estimation, testing of means and proportions, ANOVA)

About this course:

This introductory course for pre-health professionals covers the presentation and interpretation of data, descriptive statistics, introduction to correlation and regression, and introduction to basic statistical inference (estimation, testing of means and proportions, ANOVA) using both bootstrap methods and parametric models. Transferable for UC credit.
Prerequisites
Three years of high school mathematics.

Fall 2025 Schedule

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Tuesday 6:00PM - 9:00PM PT
Future Offering (Opens July 28, 2025 12:00:00 AM)
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Notes

Not open for credit to students with credit for STATS 10, 11, 12 or 14.

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Enrollment deadline: September 28, 2025 11:59PM. Last day to drop: October 05, 2025 11:59PM. Last day to transfer: September 28, 2025 11:59PM. Internet access required. Materials required.

Enrollment is typically reserved for adult students 18 years of age and older. Students under 18 years of age may receive consent to enroll based on special academic competence and approval by the instructor. If you are a student under 18 years of age, you must submit a request to enroll in the course 8 weeks before the course start date to hss@uclaextension.edu for your request to be considered.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after October 05, 2025
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Book: Statistics for the Life Sciences by Samuels, Witmer, Schaffner
(Optional) Book: What is a p-value anyway? by Vickers
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Tue Sep 23, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
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Tue Sep 30, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
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Tue Oct 7, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
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Tue Oct 14, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
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Tue Oct 21, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
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Tue Oct 28, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
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Tue Nov 4, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
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Tue Nov 11, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
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Tue Nov 18, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
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Tue Nov 25, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
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Tue Dec 2, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
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Tue Dec 9, 2025
6:00PM PT - 9:00PM PT
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