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Division of Biostatistics
Fall 2006
G651 is an introductory level biostatistics course designed for healthcare professionals. This
course will cover the topics on data presentation techniques, describing data with numerical
summary measures, probability and probability distributions, sampling distributions, statistical
inferences from small and large samples, analysis of categorical data, analysis of variance,
correlation and simple linear regression analysis.
Upon completion of the course, students will understand and be able to apply basic techniques in
descriptive and inferential statistics. These will include: graphical and numerical description of
data; elementary probability calculation and distributions; point and confidence interval
estimation, as well as hypothesis testing concerning population means and proportions; simple
contingency table analyses; analysis of variance; correlation and simple regression techniques.
Students will be introduced to basic operations and analytical procedures in SPSS on personal
computers. They will be able to understand and interpret the statistical analysis in research
articles published in medical journals.
Textbook
Prerequisites
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Instructors
This course is taught by two instructors. Each instructor will be responsible for answering
questions that arise in his section. For general course related questions, please contact Dr. Yu,
the course coordinator.
Office Hours
Course objectives will be assessed with 12 to 14 homework assignments, one midterm test
and a comprehensive final examination. SPSS skills will be evaluated via homework
assignments. Students are encouraged to participate in discussions on real problem solving.
Class materials and home work assignments will be posted on Oncourse website and home
works will be collected in class the following week. No late home works will be accepted. Make-
up examinations will be given for serious illness or after previous consultation with the
instructor. The final examination will be cumulative and cover the entire semester. The final
course grade will be determined using the following weighting scheme:
Homework 40%
Mid terms 30%
Final Exam 30%
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Schedule of Lectures
SPSS Lab
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10.3 One-sided and two-sided tests of hypotheses
10.4 Types of error
10.5 Power
SPSS Lab
SPSS Lab
4
Home work #7 is assigned and home work #6 is due
SPSS Lab
SPSS Lab
SPSS Lab
SPSS Lab
5
Home work #11 is assigned and home work #10 is due
SPSS Lab
SPSS Lab
Final review