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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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6. Estimation
(1) BIOSTATS 540 2015, (2) additional reading, (3) illustrative applets, (4) calculators (5) computer illustrations.


(1) BIOSTATS 540 - 2015
 
Lecture Notes 2015 6. Estimation

Posted 11/1/15 (pdf, 72 pp)

Carnegie Mellon OLI Course, Statistical Reasoning:
Unit 4 - Inference
Module 9: Estimation.
Click on Enter course here (html)
University of Florida Biostatistics Open Learning Textbook
After clicking on HOMEPAGE at right, under 6050 & 6052
Unit 4 - Introduction to Statistical Inference
> Estimation
Click here for homepage (html)
Homework (part 1 of 2) due Monday November 9, 2015
Questions (pdf, 1 pp)
Solutions to Homework (part 1 of 2)
Solutions (pdf, 4 pp)
Homework (part 2 of 2) due Monday November 16, 2015
Questions (pdf, 3 pp)
Solutions to Homework (part 2 of 2)
Solutions (pdf, 6 pp)
Practice Quiz - Problems
(pdf, 1 pp)
Practice Quiz - Solutions
(pdf, 3 pp)


(2) Additional Reading/Videos
 
VIDEO (Source: Statistics Learning Centre) Understanding Confidence Intervals: Statistics Help: 4:03 minutes
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VIDEO (Source: jbBiostatistics) Introduction to Confidence Intervals: 6:24 minutes
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VIDEO (Source: Statistics Learning Centre) Calculating the Confidence Interval for a Mean Using a Formula: 5:28 minutes
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VIDEO (Source: Larry Shrewsbury) Confidence Intervals Part I: 7:41 minutes
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(Source: John McGready, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health) Sampling Variability and Confidence Intervals
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(Source: John McGready, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health) Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean and its Estimate Based on a Single Sample
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(Source: HTO Davies, PhD, Univ. of St Andres) What are Confidence Intervals
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(Source: Stat Trek AP Statistics Tutorial) Confidence Intervals
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(Source: www.unc.edu/~swlt/cichart.pdf) Confidence Interval Flow Chart
(pdf, 1 pp)
(Source: International Agency for Research on Cancer course, Cancer Epidemiology) Evaluating the Role of Chance
(pdf, 31 pp)
   


(3) Illustrative Applets
 
(Source: WH Freeman) Confidence Interval Applet
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(Source: West Virginia State University) Confidence Interval Applet
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(Source: David Lane) Confidence Interval applet
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(4) Calculators
 
(Source: David Lane, HyperStat Online) Normal Distribution Calculator - Scroll down to 2nd calculator to obtain quantiles for confidence interval calculations
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(Source: surfstat.anu.edu.au) Surf Stat Normal Distribution calculator - STANDARD NORMAL ONLY (html)
(Source: surfstat.anu.edu.au) Surf Stat t-Distribution calculator
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(Source:  surfstat.anu.edu.au) Surf Stat Chi Square Distribution Calculator
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(Source:  www.socr.ucla/Applets.dir/Normal_T_Chi2_F_Tables.htm) F Distribution Calculator (Scroll down)
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(Source: StatPages.org) Exact Binomial Confidence Interval Calculator
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(5) Computer Illustrations
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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