PubHlth 640
Intermediate Biostatistics
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
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1. Review of PubHlth 540
 2. Regression and Correlation
3. Discrete Distributions
4. Categorical Data Analysis
5. Logistic Regression
6. Introduction to Survival Analysis
7. Analysis of Variance
8. Repeated Measures Analysis
9. Nonparametrics

4. Categorical Data Analysis

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(1) PubHlth 640 - 2012
Lecture Notes - 2012
(pdf, 87 pp)
Text: Rosner B. Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Seventh Edition. Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning. 2011
 Chapter 10: Hypothesis Testing for Categorical Data
Ch 10.6 RxC Tables pp 390-397
Ch 10.7 Chi Square GOF Test pp 401-404.
Text: Rosner B. Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Seventh Edition. Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning. 2011
 Chapter 13: Techniques for Epidemiologic Data
Ch 13.2 Study Design pp 588-591
Ch. 13.3 Measures of Effect pp 591-601
Ch. 13.5 Confounding and Standardization pp 607-612
Ch 13.6 Methods for Stratified Tables pp 612-625
Homework Exercises due Monday March 26, 2012
 Questions (pdf, 4 pp)
For Stata Users - (hw_categorical.dta)
For SAS Users - (hw_categorical.sas7bdat)
For Excel Users - (hw_categorical.xls)
Homework Solutions
 Solutions (pdf, 12 pp)




(2) Additional Reading
(Source: Vassar Statistics) Vassar Statistics, Chapter 8A - Fisher's Exact Test (html)
(Source: Yale University) Two Way Tables and the Chi Square Test (html)
  
(Source: Anne M. Stoddard, University of Massachusetts, 2003)  Methods for a 2x2 Table (pdf, 5 pp)
  
(Source: Anne M. Stoddard, University of Massachusetts, 2003)  Three-way Contingency Tables (pdf, 3 pp)
 
(Source: Stats Direct, UK)  Indirect Standardization and SMR (html)
 
(Source: NM-IBIS)  Standardized Mortality Ratio (html)
 

 

(3) Illustrative Applets

(Source: SISA) Exhaustive Analysis of 2x2 Table (html)
(Source: SISA) Fisher's Exact Test (html)

 
 
 


(4) Calculators

(Source: Stat Pages, John Pezullo) 2-Way Contingency Table Analysis (html)

  

(Source: Open-Epi, Emory University) Online Calculator for SMR Analysis (html)

  

(Source: South East London PH Network)DSMR Tools (html)

  
 
 


 

(5) Computer Illustrations
(Source: Richard Williams, University of Notre Dame) Using Stata for Categorical Data Analysis (pdf)
Data Set:  Mantel Haenszel Stratified Analysis of Rates (excel data) (stata data) (sas data) (spss data) (minitab data)
Stratified Analysis of 2x2 Tables in Stata v 10 (pdf 4 pp)
  
Illustration of Stata for Categorial Data Analysis (pdf, 13 pp) (esophageal_cancer.dta) (k_2x2tables.dta)
  
 



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