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students difficulty reasoning chance events misconceptions regarding probability persist even strengthen following traditional instruction many biostatistics classes sidestep problem prioritizing exploratory data analysis probability however probability addition statistics essential biology curriculum informed decision making daily life one area probability particularly important medicine given preponderance pre health students addition general interest medicine capitalized students intrinsic motivation area teach probability statistics use randomized controlled trial centerpiece course exemplifies salient features scientific method application critical thinking medicine two pillars course biomedical applications bayes theorem science society content backward design three overarching aims used select appropriate probability statistics content focus eliciting countering previously documented misconceptions medical context pretestposttest assessments using quantitative reasoning quotient attitudes toward statistics instruments positive bucking several negative trends previously reported statistics education