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PubHlth 540 - Fall 2011
Introduction to Biostatistics
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
UMass Amherst
Instructor: Carol Bigelow


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1. Summarizing Data

2. Introduction to Probability

3. Populations and Samples

4. Bernoulli and Binomal Distributions

5. Normal Distribution

6. Estimation

7. Hypothesis Testing

8. Chi Square Tests

9. Correlation/Regression

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5. Normal Distribution
(1) PubHlth 540 2011, (2) additional reading, (3) illustrative applets, (4) calculators (5) computer illustrations.


(1) PubHlth 540 - 2011
  
Lecture Notes 2011 Unit 5. The Normal Distribution
 (pdf, 28 pp)
Text Rosner, Bernard - Fundamentals of Biostatistics, 7th Edition
 Ch 5.1 - 5.7 pp 108-135
Alternative text, Daniel, WW - Biostatistics - A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences, 9th Edition
 Ch 4.5 - 4.7 pp 114-128
Homework due Monday November 7, 2011
(pdf, 2 pp)
Solutions to Homework
 (pdf, 11 pp)
Practice Quiz - Problems
 (pdf, 1 pp)
Practice Quiz - Solutions
 (pdf, 4 pp)


(2) Additional Reading
  
(Source:  David Lane, Connexions) - History of Normal Distribution
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(Source:  Wadsworth Cengage Learning) - Z Scores
 (html)
(Source: Stat Trel AP Statistics Tutorial) Normal Distribution
 (html)
(Source: Wadsworth Cengage Learning) Central Limit Theorem
 (html)
   


(3) Illustrative Applets
  
(Source: Texas A&M) Applet for Understanding the Correspondance of X and Z-Scores
(html)
(Source: University of South Carolina) Applet for Understanding the Central Limit Theorem
 (html)
 
   
   

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(4) Calculators
  
(Source: David Lane, HyperStat Online) Calculator for probabilities and quantiles
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(5) Computer Illustrations
  
 
 
 

 

 
 

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