BIOSTATS 640
Intermediate Biostatistics
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
UMass Amherst

 

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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

4. Categorical Data Analysis

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(1) BIOSTATS 640 - Fall 2023
Lecture Notes - Fall 2023 course notes, 4. Categorical Data Analysis (pdf, 77 pp)
(Source: Oregon State University Course, Foundations of Epidemiology)
Chapter 8. Effect Modification (html)
(Source: Pai, M., McGill University) Effect Measure Modification and Interaction (pdf, 66 slides)
(Source: Ben Arnold, UC Berkeley) Decision Tree for Assessing Effect Modification and Confounding (pdf, 1 pp)
BIOSTATS 640 Fall 2023 Unit 4 - Contingency Table Methods Summary (pdf, 4 pp)

Homework 1 of 2
Due Wednesday October 4, 2023

Last date for late submission for credit (-20 points): Wednesday October 11, 2023
Questions (pdf, 3 pp)


SOLUTIONS to homework 1 of 2
Online Users & R Users (pdf, 10 pp)


Homework 2 of 2
Due Wednesday October 11, 2023

Last date for submission for credit (-20 points): Wednesday October 18, 2023
Questions (pdf, 2 pp)


SOLUTIONS to homework 2 of 2
Online Apps and R (pdf, 8 pp)

 


(2) Additional Readings and Videos

(Source: Let's Learn Public Health)
Video Epidemiological Studies - Made Easy (video, 9:42)

(Source: Pai, M., McGill University)
Lecture Effect Measure Modification and Interaction (pdf, 66 slides)
(Source: Oregon State University Course, Foundations of Epidemiology)
Chapter 8. Effect Modification (html)
Standardization of Rates
(Source: Stats Direct, UK)  Indirect Standardization and SMR (html)
Standardization of Rates
(Source: NM-IBIS)  Standardized Mortality Ratio (html)
(Source: Rosner B May 2017) Topics in Biostatistics: Categorical Data Analysis and Logistic Regression (pdf, 89 slides)



 

(3) Resources for R Learners
R Users
#05 - Epidemiological Tables
(pdf, 20 pp)
There is no dataset to download - we will be entering count data directly

(Source: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/epiR/vignettes/epiR_measures_of_association.html)
Measures of Association using {epiR} by Mark Stevenson (html)

(Source: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/pubh/vignettes/introduction.html)
Introduction to the {pubh} Package, by Josie Athens (html)

(Source: Signorell HWZ University of Applied Sciences and Business Administration, Zurich)
Tables in R (pdf, 29 pp)

Video
(Source: Leo Schafer)
The Pipe Operator (video, 5:25)


Video
(Source: Greg Martin, R Programming 101)
Manipulate Data Using the Tidyverse (video, 6:55)


 

 

(4) Online Apps and Other Resources
Epitools - Chi Square Tests + Other Tests of Statistical Significance
(Source: https://epitools.ausvet.com.au/statisticshome)
(html)
Epitools - Chi Square Test of Trend
(Source: https://epitools.ausvet.com.au/trend)
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GraphPad - Chi Square Goodness of Fit Test
(Source: https://www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/chisquared1.Chi-square/)
(html)
SISA Applets
(Source: SISA) Exhaustive Analysis of 2x2 Table (html)
(Source: SISA) Fisher's Exact Test (html)
Online Calculator for Standardization of Rates
(Source: Open-Epi, Emory University) Online Calculator for SMR Analysis (html)

 

 



 

 

 

 


 

 

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