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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


  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Data and Health Indicators in Public Health Practice

    Skills you'll gain: Epidemiology, Public Health, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Health Policy, Health Informatics, Biostatistics, Health Assessment, Infectious Diseases, Health Information Management, Data Collection, Descriptive Analytics, Statistical Methods

    ★ 4.7 (1.3K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
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  • U

    University of Michigan

    Fitting Statistical Models to Data with Python

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Modeling, Statistical Methods, Bayesian Statistics, Statistical Inference, Statistical Software, Model Evaluation, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Programming, Regression Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Advanced Analytics, Data Analysis, Logistic Regression, Exploratory Data Analysis, Dependency Analysis, Python Programming, Data Visualization Software

    ★ 4.4 (718) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
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  • D

    Databricks

    Introduction to Computational Statistics for Data Scientists

    Skills you'll gain: Bayesian Statistics, Databricks, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Modeling, Probability, Jupyter, Regression Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Model Evaluation, Statistical Software, Probability Distribution, Data Science, Markov Model, Statistics, Statistical Programming, Statistical Inference, Statistical Methods, Simulations, Data Visualization, Python Programming

    ★ 4 (109) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
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  • U

    University of Michigan

    Linear Regression Modeling for Health Data

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Modeling, Statistics, Regression Analysis, Statistical Methods, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Inference, Probability & Statistics, Correlation Analysis, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Software, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Predictive Modeling

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
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  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Modern Regression Analysis in R

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Inference, Statistical Modeling, Regression Analysis, Data Ethics, Statistical Methods, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Science, R Programming, Statistical Programming, Statistical Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Predictive Analytics, Probability & Statistics, Correlation Analysis, Model Evaluation, Plot (Graphics)

    ★ 4.3 (39) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
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    Category: Build toward a degree
    Build toward a degree
  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Introduction to Reproducibility in Cancer Informatics

    Skills you'll gain: Package and Software Management, Code Review, Open Source Technology, Code Reusability, GitHub, Scientific Methods, Software Documentation, Science and Research, Technical Documentation, Informatics, Software Versioning, R (Software), Data Analysis, Programming Principles, R Programming, Git (Version Control System), Integrated Development Environments

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
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  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Resampling, Selection and Splines

    Skills you'll gain: Data Science, Model Evaluation, Statistical Machine Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Methods, Regression Analysis, Statistical Inference, Machine Learning Methods, Statistics, Model Optimization, Applied Mathematics

    ★ 5 (8) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Build toward a degree
    Build toward a degree
  • I

    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, Bayesian Statistics, Supervised Learning, Statistical Inference, Machine Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Predictive Modeling, Logistic Regression

    ★ 4.6 (9) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Build toward a degree
    Build toward a degree
  • C

    Coursera

    Basic Statistics in Python (Correlations and T-tests)

    Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Plot (Graphics), Box Plots, Correlation Analysis, Data Visualization, Scatter Plots, Data Cleansing, Statistical Visualization, Data Preprocessing, Data Manipulation, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Methods, Python Programming

    ★ 4.3 (35) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Regression and Classification

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Modeling, Statistical Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistical Methods, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Statistical Analysis, Model Evaluation, Regression Analysis, Predictive Modeling, R Programming, Statistical Inference, Logistic Regression, Model Training, Machine Learning, Classification Algorithms, Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms

    ★ 4.1 (18) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Build toward a degree
    Build toward a degree
  • U

    University of California San Diego

    Genomic Data Science and Clustering (Bioinformatics V)

    Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Dimensionality Reduction, Unsupervised Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Molecular Biology, Machine Learning Methods, Data Mining, Data Preprocessing, Machine Learning, Data Analysis Software, Life Sciences

    ★ 4.1 (94) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
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  • I

    Illinois Tech

    Bayesian Computational Statistics

    Skills you'll gain: Bayesian Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Inference, Regression Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Statistical Methods, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Programming, Statistical Software, Sampling (Statistics), R (Software), R Programming, Numerical Analysis, Markov Model, Logistic Regression, Probability, Simulations, Model Evaluation, Probability Distribution

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
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    Category: Build toward a degree
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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular biostatistics courses

  • Data and Health Indicators in Public Health Practice: Johns Hopkins University
  • Fitting Statistical Models to Data with Python: University of Michigan
  • Introduction to Computational Statistics for Data Scientists: Databricks
  • Linear Regression Modeling for Health Data: University of Michigan
  • Modern Regression Analysis in R: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Introduction to Reproducibility in Cancer Informatics: Johns Hopkins University
  • Resampling, Selection and Splines: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Statistical Learning: Illinois Tech
  • Basic Statistics in Python (Correlations and T-tests): Coursera
  • Regression and Classification: University of Colorado Boulder

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

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