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BIOSTATS 540 - Fall 2015
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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9. Correlation and Regression
(1) BIOSTATS 540 2015, (2) additional reading, (3) illustrative applets, (4) calculators (5) computer illustrations.


(1) BIOSTATS 540 - 2015
  
Lecture Notes 2015 Unit 9. Regression and Correlation
 Posted 12/6/15 (pdf, 44 pp)
VIDEO University of Florida Biostatistics Open Learning Textbook
NEW! This time, click on the course 6053
Then below, click on Lecture: Simple Linear Regression
 Click here for homepage (html)
Homework due Friday December 11, 2015 Questions (pdf, 3 pp)
Solutions to Homework Solutions (pdf, 10 pp)
   


(2) Additional Reading
(Source: Stat Trel AP Statistics Tutorial) Correlation and Linearity (html)
(Source: Stat Trel AP Statistics Tutorial) Least Squares Linear Regression (html)
(Source: John McGready, JHSPH Methods in Biostatistics II) Simple Linear Regression (pdf, 19 slides)
(Source: John McGready, JHSPH Methods in Biostatistics II) Linear Regresion - Motivating Example(pdf, 23 slides)
 


(3) Illustrative Applets
  
 
 
   
   

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(4) Calculators
(Source: www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Regression/) Regression
Tip Use this calculator if you can copy and paste your data from excel into Shodor (html)
(Source: Vassar Stats) Correlation and Least Squares Linear Regression
Tip Use this calculator if you are entering your data "by hand", one row at a time (html)
 

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(5) Computer Illustrationss
  
Stata
(Source:  UCLA Academic Technology Services) Regression with Stata
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