´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨

important

Note: ´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨’s new Course Catalogue will replace the eCalendar. The Course Catalogue is expected to go live the week of April 22nd. When the new site is published, "mcgill.ca/study" will be redirected to the new Course Catalogue website.

Course information on this site is not reflective of offerings for the 2025–2026 academic year. Some irregularities may occur as we move operations to the incoming Course Catalogue.

HGEN 677 Statistical Concepts in Genetic and Genomic Analysis (3 credits)

Offered by: Human Genetics (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

Administered by: Graduate Studies

Overview

Human Genetics : This course will introduce key statistical concepts that motivate and underlie the many statistical analysis methods currently used in analysis of genetic and genomic data. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how these concepts can influence study designs and analysis choices, and when substantial unanticipated biases can occur. Concepts include an understanding of variability and error, bias and its sources, independence, how distributions of variables impact analysis, outliers, covariates, missing data, the goals of data cleaning, multiple testing, and some consideration of clustering and prediction models.

Terms: Fall 2024

Instructors: Greenwood, Celia; Nadon, Robert; Kleinman, Claudia; Manousaki, Despoina (Fall)

  • Prerequisite(s): A course introducing basic statistics or equivalent knowledge. Registration is by permission of the course coordinator.

Back to top