EVALUATION OF DISTANCE LEARNING IN AN
“INTRODUCTION TO BIOSTATISTICS” CLASS:
A CASE STUDY
SCOTT R. eVANS
evans@sdac.harvard.edu
RUI WANG
rwang@hsph.harvard.edu
Tzu-Min Yeh
tyeh@hsph.harvard.edu
JEFF ANDERSON
janderson@sdac.harvard.edu
RAMMY HAIJA
rammyhaija@hotmail.com
PAUL MADOC
MCBRATNEY-OWEN
mcbratn2@fas.harvard.edu
LYNNE PEEPLES
lpeeples@hsph.harvard.edu
SUBIR SINHA
ssinha@sdac.harvard.edu
VANESSA XANTHAKIS
vxanthakis@mclean.harvard.edu
NATASA RAJICIC
Harvard University Extension School
nrajicic@hsph.harvard.edu
JIAMENG ZHANG
jiamengz@hsph.harvard.edu
ABSTRACT
Biostatistics is not universally
available in colleges/universities and is thus an attractive course to offer
via distance education. However, evaluation of the impact of distance education
on course enrollment and student success is lacking. We evaluated an
“Introduction to Biostatistics” course at
Keywords: Statistics education research; Biostatistics;
Distance education
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Statistics Education Research
Journal, 6(2), 59-77, http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/serj
Ó International Association for Statistical
Education (IASE/ISI), November, 2007
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SCOTT R. Evans
FXB 513
Department for Biostatistics