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

1. Review of PubHlth 540 Introductory Biostatistics

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, 33 pp)
Text: Rosner B. Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Seventh Edition. Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning. 2011
 Skim as needed chapters 2-8
Practice problems due Monday January 30, 3012
 (pdf, 4 pp)
SOLUTIONS to practice problems
 (pdf, 6 pp)
 




(2) Additional Reading
(Source: Kim, Soo-Nyung, Konkuk University College of Medicine) Basic Statistics Without Tears (pdf)
(Source: Thomson Wadsworth Workshop) Sampling Distributions (html)
 
(Source: Thomson Wadsworth Workshop) Central Limit Theorem (html)
 
(Source: American College of Physicians) Primer on 95% Confidence Intervals (html)
  
(Source: Tufts University Open Courseware- Alice Tang) Common Statistical Tests - Lecture 9 (html)
  

 

(3) Illustrative Applets

(Source: Shodor) Interactive applets (html)

 
 
 
 


(4) Calculators
 
 
 
 


 

(5) Computer Illustrations
 
 
 



(6) Miscellaneous
Link to URL for assistance with "How to Choose the Appropriate Hypothesis Test"
(Source; John C. Caruso at www.diss-stat.com) (choosing.pdf, 3 pp)
Link to URL for assistance with "How to Choose the Appropriate Hypothesis Test"
(Source: Harvey Motulsky, Ch 37 of Intuitive Biostatistics) Choosing a Statistical Test (html)
  
 
 
 


 

 



 

 


 

 

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