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BIOSTATS 540 - Fall 2022
Introduction to Biostatistics
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
UMass Amherst
Instructor: Carol Bigelow




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1. Summarizing Data

2. Data Visualization

3. Probability: Basics

4. Probabilities in Epidemiology

5. Populations and Samples

6. Bernoulli and Binomal Distributions

7. Normal Distribution

8. Statistical Literacy: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing

9. One Sample Inference

10. Two Sample Inference

11. Chi Square Tests

12. Simple Linear Regression and Correlation

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Unit 9. One Sample Inference

1. Introduction
2. Learning Module
3. Activities
4. Resources

 

(1) Introduction
Video (Source:  Statistics Learning Centre, Dr. Nic) - Hypothesis Testing Step by Step (video, 7:38)
Video (Source:  Statistics Learning Centre, Dr. Nic) - Understanding Confidence Intervals (video, 4:02)
Video (source: NOVA PBS) What is a P-Value and Why Does it Matter (video, 4:12)
ppt INTRODUCTION (Source: Whitlock and Schluter ) Chapter 11 - One Sample: Inference About a Mean (pdf, 9 pp)
ppt INTRODUCTION (Source: Whitlock and Schluter ) Hypothesis Testing (pdf, 14 pp)
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(2) Learning Module
BIOSTATS 540 Fall 2022 Course Notes 9. One Sample Inference (pdf, 73 pp)
Homework: 8 questions embedded in course notes, 9. One Sample Inference (pdf, 73 pp)
NOTE - new due date is MONDAY November 21, 2022
Last date for submission with NO LOSS OF POINTS: Wednesday November 23, 2022
Last date for submission for credit (-20 points): Monday November 28, 2022
SOLUTIONS to homework (pdf, 12 pp)
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(3) Good Reads
(Source: Nature Methods Vol. 10 No. 9 September 2013 pp 809-810) Importance of Being Uncertain (pdf, 2 pp)
(Source: Nature Methods Vol. 10 No. 9 September 2013 pp 1041-1042) Significance, P-values, t-tests (pdf, 2 pp)

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(4) Resources
R
(Source: http://www.r-tutor.com/elementary-statistics/hypothesis-testing)
R Tutorial: An R Introduction to Statistics - Hypothesis Testing (html)
Online Calculator: Confidence Interval of SD
(Source: https://www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/CISD1/)
(html)
Online Calculator: One Sample Variance Test
(Source: https://www.statskingdom.com/210VarCHI1.html)
(html)
Online Calculator: One Sample Proportion Test - EXACT
(Source: https://www.statskingdom.com/111proportion_normal1.html)
(html)
Art of Stat: Inference for a Population Mean
(Source: Art of Stat, www.artofstat.com)
(html)
Art of Stat: Inference for a Proportion
(Source: Art of Stat, www.artofstat.com) Inference for a Proportion (html)
(Source: Whitlock and Schluter Analysis of Biological Data 2nd Edition) Chapter 11 - One Sample (pdf, 9 pp)
(Source: StatPages.org) Exact Binomial Confidence Interval Calculator (html)
(Source: BIOSTATS 540) Standard Error Chart (pdf, 3 pp)
(Source: BIOSTATS 540) Hypothesis Testing Tips (pdf, 8 pp)
(Source: BIOSTATS 540) Choose a Test (pdf, 3 pp)

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