STATISTICS Learning the basic scientific approach to Sport Sciences. At the end of the course the students should had learned how to summarize and interpret experimental data, how to read and evaluate tables and graphs and also how to describe results from statistical analyses.
HYGIENE The aim of the course is to provide fundamental knowledge and cultural insights into hygiene, epidemiology, preventive and community medicine, with a particular focus on their application in sports sciences. Additionally, it seeks to foster an understanding of their professional and social significance.
Course Prerequisites
STATISTICS High school math and probability
HYGIENE No specific prior knowledge or skills are required.
Teaching Methods
STATISTICS MODULE Lessons and practical exercises aimed at applying statistical techniques to real data sets from sport.
HYGIENE Lectures
Assessment Methods
STATISTICS MODULE Written test consisting in the resolution of exercises concerning the subjects of the course: students must not only apply the correct statistical techniques, but must be able to interpret the results.
HYGIENE Oral exam. The evaluation of the exam is graded on a scale of thirty points.
Texts
STATISTICS MODULE Textbook: Lantieri, Risso, Ravera, Statistica medica per le professioni sanitarie 2/ed, 2004, McGraw Hill (first 10 chapters). Any other book of Medical Statistics can be used. Slides and support material available during the course
HYGIENE Textbook: Carlo Signorelli, Igiene e sanità pubblica. Per scienze infermieristiche e altre professioni, Edizione 2021, SEU.
Contents
STATISTICS MODULE - Introduction to biostatistics - Descriptive and inferential statistics - Population and sample - Statistical units, variables and observations - Qualitative e quantitative variables - Frequency distributions - Graphical representations according to different kind of variables - Measures of position and variability - Regression and correlation coefficient - Probability: the main rules. - The Gaussian probability distribution - The normal standardized probability distribution: table reading - z-scores - Hypothesis testing - Test for independence: χ2 test - example of χ2 applications and use of χ2 tables
HYGIENE Introduction to hygiene and scientific research in Public Health Introduction to epidemiology Determinants of health and epidemiological studies Prevention of chronic degenerative diseases and health promotion Physical activity in Public Health Prevention of infectious diseases and vaccinology Environmental health and Urban Health
Course Language
Italian
More information
HYGIENE Lecture attendance is mandatory and will be recorded in class using the MyUniPv app. To be eligible to take the final exam, students must have attended at least 75% of the scheduled instructional activities for each course (see Academic Regulations). Students who fail to meet the required attendance percentage will only be permitted to take the exam starting from the summer session. They will also be required to supplement their exam preparation with an additional bibliography indicated by the faculty, which will be assessed as part of the examination.
