BIOST 2056 - STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF BIOMARKERS AND CLASSIFICATION TOOLS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course provides an introduction to the concepts and approaches for statistical evaluation of classification markers and tools applied in various detection and prediction tasks. Topics include evaluation of the accuracy of classifiers and diagnostic tests, biomarkers and classification/prognostic models, ROC curves, decision-theoretic approaches, combining multiple markers for improved classification, the accuracy of future event prediction.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOST 2038 and 2039; PLAN: Biostatistics (PHD,MS)

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