The global learning objectives are:

• To introduce the fundamental concepts of statistical methods so that the student could develop an appropriate understanding of how to deal with biomedical data.
• To be able of understanding biomedical research papers and the relationship between statistical results as evidence for supporting conclusions.
• To understand the design of studies in a biomedical context.
• To be able of performing an exploratory data analysis in a biomedical context.
• To understand and know how to use basic statistical models in biomedical research.