Every student will learn to think like a statistician and find Nutrition 209/309 to be among the most valuable and enjoyable courses ever taken.

Every student who takes Nutrition 209/309

• will gain the statistical skills necessary to be productive in the fields of nutrition science and policy,
• will gain the analytical skills needed to read and produce technical reports and to read and contribute to the published literature,
• will understand the basic principles of study design and techniques of data analysis, and
• will gain the ability to
  • identify the types of analyses needed to answer specific research questions,
  • to perform the analyses by using standard statistical program packages, and
  • to interpret the results of the analyses.

People think that a Sheikh should show miracles and manifest illumination. The requirement in a teacher, however, is only that he should possess all that the disciple needs.
-- Mohuidin Ibn El-Arabi