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STA 391 – Biostatistics (Summer) |
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Welcome to the
course homepage for STA391, section 01. If you are a student in this class
you should check this site frequently for updated information. |
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I. Outline of
the Course |
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Instructor: Hokwon A. Cho, Ph.D., Associate Professor, CBC B-506, Office phone: 895-0393 (Math. Sci. dept.
office: 895-3567), E-mail: cho@unlv.nevada.edu.
Class Time and Location: Mon-Fri 11:20am- 12:50pm., CBC C-125. Office Hours: MTuThF 3:30am-5:00pm or by appointment. Textbook: Biostatistics:
A Foundation for Analysis in the
Health Sciences, 8th Ed.,
by W. Daniel, Wiley. Description of the Course: This is an introductory non-calculus based
probability and statistics course for health or biomedical sciences.
Statistical reasoning and various statistical methods will be explored. By
completing the course, one will be able to understand and apply the
statistical methods to analyze data for making decision. Topics Covered: We will cover
Chapter 1 through 10 in the text at minimum and some selected topics from
chapters 11 if time permitted. (See lecture schedule.) Major topics are
descriptive statistics, probability, random variables and their
distributions, expectations, sampling distribution, estimation, hypotheses
testing, and simple linear regression. Computer Lab:
There will be
4-5 lab sessions for statistical computation. The statistical packages
MINITAB/SAS (or programmable language R) will be used. Homework & Quizzes: There will be daily
homework assignments given in class and expected to complete by your own.
Quizzes may be given instead of collecting the assignments. Some of them will
be discussed in class. Grading: The course grade is based upon the following:
Homework & assignments - 20%, Two tests (in class) - 25% each, Final Exam
- 30%. Exams: There will be two midterm exams and a final exam.
The Final Exam is comprehensive and scheduled to be on the last Friday of the
Summer Session II. è Course
syllabus è Class
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II. Schedule, Homework &
Worksheets |
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A (tentative) lecture and homework schedules
detailing which topics will be covered on which weeks is available on the
course webpage. The schedule may vary from it, depending on time constraints.
Any changes will be noted on the class webpage. For more details, click next è Lecture
and Homework schedule The followings are summaries or slides of the
lectures given in the class *
new/updated ·
Chap
5 Chap 6(Slides) Chap
6 Chap
7* Chap
12* Chap
9* For your practice
and preparation for tests, worksheets & solutions are available: ·
Homework Solutions: Chap
4 Chap
5* Chap
6*
Chap
7*
Chap
12* ·
Worksheet & Quiz: Quiz#2Sol WS
#6 WS
#6Sol WS
#7Sol* WS
#8Sol* ·
Test: Formula T1 Formula T2 Tables CI & Testing* Keys
for Test 2(A)* Test
2(B)* |
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III. Bulletin Board |
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1.
Final Exam (in class) is scheduled to be on Friday July 11. 2.
Final Exam (Take-home part) is due Friday, July 11. |
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IV. Handouts & MINITAB |
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Course Handouts: Tables for Confidence Interval
and Testing hypothesis* For the statistical package MINITAB: MINITAB Basic 1 MINITAB Basic 2 Minitab Quick Reference |
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Sizzling Summer Surviving “Cool” Guide |
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(1) Attendance is critical. Due
to the pace of this course in the summer session, you cannot miss class and expect to keep up. Be in class
and on time. (2) Practice homework
problems right after each class – do the assignments everyday. (3) Ask for help from
the instructor or others immediately whenever you have questions or stuck. |
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