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

3. Discrete Distributions

Scroll down for (1) PubHlth 640 2012 (2) additional readings (3) illustrative applets (4) calculators, (5) computer illustrations, and (6) miscellaneous.

(1) PubHlth 640 - 2012
Lecture Notes - 2012
(pdf, 43 pp)
Text: Rosner B. Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Seventh Edition. Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning. 2011
 Binomial Distribution
Ch 4.7-4.9 pp 79-90.
Text: Rosner B. Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Seventh Edition. Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning. 2011
 Poisson Distribution
Ch 4.10-4.13 pp 90-99.
Practice problems due Monday March 5, 2012
(pdf, 1 pp)
SOLUTIONS to practice problems
(pdf, 6 pp)
 




(2) Additional Reading

(Source: University of Michigan) Discrete Distributions: Hypergeometric, Binomial, and Poisson (html)

(Source: Vassar Statistics Resource:) The Fisher Exact Probability Test. Note: To access: At left, under Table of Contents, choose chapter 8A (html)

 

 

(3) Illustrative Applets

(Source: SISA) Fisher's Exact Test Online (click here)
 


(4) Calculators
Binomial
(Source: Vassar Statistics) Exact Binomial Probabilities Calculator (html)
(Source: Vassar Statistics) Confidence Interval of a Proportion (html)
(Source: Texas A&M) Exact Binomial Probabilities Calculator (html)
(Source: StatPages) Exact Binomial Confidence Interval Calculator (html)
Poisson
(Source: Vassar Statistics) Poisson Approximation of Binomial Probabilities Calculator (html)
(Source: Stat Trek) Poisson Probabilities Calculator (html)
(Source: StatPages) Exact Poisson Confidence Interval Calculator (html)
  
Central Hypergeometric
(Source: Stat Trek) Hypergeometric DistributionProbabilities Calculator (html)
  
Fisher's Exact Test
(Source: Vassar Statistics) Fisher' Exact Test Calculator (html)
(Source: Vassar Statistics) 2x2 Table with Odds Ratio etc. (html)
  
 


 

(5) Computer Illustrations
Satat v 12 for Fisher's Exact test (pdf)
SAS for Fisher's Exact Test (pdf)
  
 
 



(6) Miscellaneous
 
 
 
 


 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

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