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PubHlth 540 - Fall 2011
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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9. Correlation and Regression
(1) PubHlth 540 2011, (2) additional reading, (3) illustrative applets, (4) calculators (5) computer illustrations.


(1) PubHlth 540 - 2011
 
Lecture Notes 2011
(pdf, 44 pp)
Text Rosner, Bernard - Fundamentals of Biostatistics, 7th Edition
 
 
   


(2) Additional Reading
 
(Source: Stat Trel AP Statistics Tutorial) Correlation and Linearity
(html)
(Source: Stat Trel AP Statistics Tutorial) Least Squares Linear Regression
(html)
(Source: Penn State Department of Statistics) Least Squares Linear Regression Online Lectures (nice)
(lesson 12.1)
(lesson 12.2)
(lesson 12.3)
 
   


(3) Illustrative Applets
 
(Source: University of South Carolina) Least Squares Demo
(html)
 
 
   
   

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(4) Calculators
 
(Source: University of Illinois Department of Statistics) Least Squares Linear Regression
(html)
 
   

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(5) Computer Illustrationss
 
Stata
(Source:  UCLA Academic Technology Services) Regression with Stata
(html)
SAS
(Source:  Columbia University) Tutorial on Simple Linear Regression with SAS
(pdf)

 

 

 

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