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1. Review of BIOSTATS 540
2. Discrete Distributions
3. Introduction to Nonparametrics
4. Categorical Data Analysis
5. Normal Theory Regression
6. Analysis of Variance
7. Logistic Regression
8. Introduction to Survival Analysis

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Homeworks

Week	Topic	Assigned	Due	Exercises	Solutions
1	HW #1 1. Review of BIOSTATS 540	9/6/2023	Wednesday 9/13/2023	Questions (pdf, 6 pp) Download BIOSTATS640_hw01_q2.Rdata BIOSTATS640_hw01_q2.xlsx	SOLUTIONS Art of Stat (pdf, 19 pp) R (pdf, 15 pp)
2	HW #2 2. Discrete Distributions	9/13/2023	Wednesday 9/20/2023	Questions (pdf, 1 pp)	SOLUTIONS Art of Stat (pdf, 4 pp) R (pdf, 5 pp)
3	HW #3 3. Nonparametrics	9/20/2023	Wednesday 9/27/2023	Questions (pdf, 2 pp)	SOLUTIONS Online Apps (pdf, 9 pp) R (pdf, 6 pp)
4	HW #4 4. Categorical Part 1 of 2	9/27/2023	Wednesday 10/4/2023	Questions (pdf, 3 pp)	SOLUTIONS Online Apps & R (pdf, 10 pp)
5	HW #5 4. Categorical Part 2 of 2	10/4/2023	Wednesday 10/11/2023	Questions (pdf, 2 pp)	SOLUTIONS Online Apps and R (pdf, 8 pp)
6	HW #6 5. Regression Part 1 of 3	10/11/2023	Wednesday 10/18/2023	Questions (pdf, 3 pp) Download (simplelinear.xlsx)	SOLUTIONS Art of Stat and R (pdf, 13 pp)
7	HW #7 5. Regression Part 2 of 3	10/18/2023	Wednesday 10/25/2023	Questions (pdf, 3 pp) (hersdata_small.xlsx)	SOLUTIONS R (pdf, 12 pp)
8	HW #8 5. Regression Part 3 of 3	10/25/2023	Wednesday 11/1/2023	Questions (pdf, 4 pp) Download (hersdata_small.xlsx)	SOLUTIONS R (pdf, 18 pp)
9	HW #9 6. ANOVA Part 1 of 2	11/1/2023	Wednesday 11/8/2023	Questions (pdf, 3 pp) Download (anova_infants.xlsx)	SOLUTIONS R (pdf, 6 pp)
10	HW #10 6. ANOVA Part 2 of 2	11/8/2023	Wednesday 11/15/2023	Questions (pdf, 4 pp) Download (lbw.xlsx)	SOLUTIONS R (pdf, 9 pp)
11	HW #11 7. Logistic Regression Part 1 of 2	11/15/2023	Wednesday 11/29/2023	Questions (pdf, 2 pp) Download (depress.xlsx) or (depress.Rdata)	SOLUTIONS R (pdf, 6 pp)
12	HW #12 7. Logistic Regression Part 2 of 2	11/29/2023	Wednesday 12/6/2023	Questions (pdf, 3 pp) Download (illeetvilaine.xlsx)	SOLUTIONS R (pdf, 10 pp)

Exams

Exam	Topics	Posting Date	Due Date	Questions	Solutions
1	1. Review of BIOSTATS 540 2. Discrete Distributions 3. Introduction to Nonparametrics	9/25/2023	Monday 10/9/2023	Questions (pdf, 14 pp)	Solutions (by email request)
2	4. Categorical Data Analysis 5. Normal TheoryRegression	10/30/2023	Monday 11/13/2023	Questions (pdf, 16 pp)	Solutions (by email request)
3	6. Analysis of Variance 7. Logistic Regression	11/27/2023	Wednesday 12/13/2023	Questions (pdf, 14 pp)	Solutions (by email request)

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