Announcement of VHM 8010 Veterinary Biostatistics (e-mail 5/12-2026)

Announcement of the Biostats 801 course

Please find below an outline of the Veterinary Biostatistics course 
VHM-8010-1 for the Winter Semester 2026. This course will extraordinarily 
be offered in the winter semester (it is usually offered in the fall semester).

Based on the current recommendations from UPEI, the plan is for a 
course with all sessions conducted in-person. Plans may be revised 
at any time as necessary based on recommendations from UPEI and 
the Public Health Office of PEI.

To (informally) register for the course, send an e-mail with name 
and affiliation to hstryhn@upei.ca (Henrik Stryhn, Dept. Health 
Management). Formal registration at the Registrar's Office takes 
place through the myUPEI portal.

For further information, contact the course lecturer, or consult 
the course homepage (at the bottom of this message) with the most 
recent and detailed information.

Henrik Stryhn,
Department of Health Management, AVC

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Biostats VHM 801 course - Winter Semester 2026

Time:  January 8 - April 20
- lectures: Thursdays 9-11am in AVC Learning Commons 278N (mostly); 
            start Thursday 8/1,
- labs: Mondays 1-3pm in the large computer lab (AVC 218S); 
        start Monday 12/1,
- optional lab reviews: Wednesdays 1-2:30pm in the AVC Learning Commons 278N; 
        start 14/1,
- final exam (tentative date): Monday 20/4

Textbook:  several textbook choices exist, see course homepage;
contact the instructor if you need additional information

Course contents (keywords):
- Data and Descriptive statistics
- Normal distribution
- Sampling and Design of experiments
- Probability and Random variables
- Binomial distribution
- Statistical inference: estimation, confidence intervals and tests
- Analysis of one and two continuous samples (t-tests)
- Analysis of one and two discrete samples
- Two-way tables
- One-way analysis of variance
- Two-way analysis of variance
- Simple linear regression and correlation
- Nonparametric methods and Simulation
- Sample size calculations
- Reporting of statistical analysis in papers

Examination:  final exam, optional mid-term exam, home assignments

Prerequisites:
- elementary mathematical calculus
- elementary computer applications

Lecturer:  Henrik Stryhn, Department of Health Management
- e-mail: hstryhn@upei.ca, phone 894-2847, room 412S

Course homepage:  http://stryhnstatistics.ca/vhm801