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Activity Number:
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197
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 7, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences
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| Abstract - #306358 |
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Title:
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Basic Biostats: Online Learning versus Onsite Learning
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Author(s):
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John McGready*+
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Companies:
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Johns Hopkins University
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Address:
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615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205,
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Keywords:
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statistical education ; online learning
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Abstract:
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The technology explosion has allowed the internet to play an increasingly large role in the education of public health and medical professionals. For example, at Johns Hopkins it is now possible to receive a MPH degree with 80% of the credits for the degree done via the internet. For the past six years a two-quarter sequence, "Statistical Reasoning in Public Health" has been taught concurrently online and on campus. The same instructor has taught both sections for the past 3 years. This situation has provided an opportunity to study how the two sections compare both in terms of student demographics and class performance, and to try to help assess whether online learning is comparable to on-campus learning for basic biostatistics. We will present the results from a study designed for this purpose and conducted at Johns Hopkins in the period from September 2005 - January 2006.
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- Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
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