BIST 501   Biostatistics

Fall 2006 Syllabus

Location ???– Tu., Th. 9:00-10:15

 Instructors:     Dr. Huwaida Rabie, 202-687-0826, hsr7@georgetown.edu
                                   Dr. Christopher Loffredo, 202-687-3758, cal9@georgetown.edu

 Textbook: Stats: Data and Models, by De Veaux, Velleman, and Bock, Pearson Education Inc, 2005 (available at the Medical School book store).                     

Date

Day

Topics

Chapters

Instructor

Aug 31

Th

Exploring and understanding data

1-3

HR

Sep 5

Tu

Displaying quantitative data

4

HR

Sep 7 

Th

Describing distributions –the normal model

5-6

HR

Sep 12

Tu

Association and correlation

7

HR

Sep 14

Th

Linear regression

8-9

HR

Sep 19

Tu

Re-expressing data

10

HR

Sep 21

Th

Randomness

11

HR

Sep  22

Fr

Review session

TBA

HR

Sep 26

Tu

EXAM ONE

 

 

Sep 28

Th

Sample surveys

12

HR

Oct 3

Tu

Experiments

13

HR

Oct 5

Th

From randomness to probability

14

HR

Oct 10

Tu

Probability rules-Random variables

15-16

HR

Oct 12

Th

Probability models

17

HR

Oct 17

Tu

Sampling distribution models

18

HR

Oct 19

Th

Confidence intervals  and Testing hypotheses for proportions

19-20

HR

Oct 24

Tu

More about tests

21

HR

Oct 26

Th

Comparing two proportions

22

HR

Oct 27

Fr

Review session

TBA

HR

Oct 31

Tu

EXAM TWO

 

 

Nov 2

Th

Inference about means-Comparing means

23-24

HR

Nov 7

Tu

Paired samples and blocks

25

HR

Nov 9

Th

Comparing counts

26

HR

Nov 14

Tu

Inference for regression

27

HR

Nov 16

Th

Analysis of variance-Multifactor analysis of variance

28-29

HR

Nov 21

Tu

Multiple regression

30-31

HR

Nov 28

Tu

Statistical inference in epidemiology

handout

CL

Nov 30

Th

Analysis of clinical trials

handout

CL

Oct 27

Fr

Review session

TBA

HR

Dec 5

Tu

Paper discussion

handout

HR

Dec 7

Th

EXAM THREE

 

 

 

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