Courses taught using problem-based learning methods give life sciences graduate students direct practice in thestatistical reasoning skills needed to choose appropriate procedures for analyzing data from their researchstudies. This paper describes a graduate-level, case-based biostatistics course designed to cultivate these skills inveterinary medical science students who have had some initial preparation in statistics. The course gives student spractical experience by focusing on the analysis of data from actual biomedical research studies. Studentevaluations indicated that this course improved the students' ability to understand and apply statistical methods intheir research.
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