Instructor: Ivo D. Dinov, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Statistics, Research Scientist, Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine E-mail:

Teaching Assistants: Hui Wang  (section 1a) E-mail: hwangui@stat.ucla.edu and Ming Zheng  (section 1b, 1c) E-mail: zmdl@stat.ucla.edu

Lectures: BOELTER 5249 MWF  9:00 - 9:50 AM

Office Hours
• Dr. Dinov: M W F: 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM, or by arrangement
• TA's:  Hui Wang   TBA and Ming Zheng TBA
• VOH/Forum 24/7

Tentative schedule of examinations:
• Midterm: Sixth week of classes: Monday, Nov. 01, 2004, 9:00 AM,  Boelter 5249.
• Final: 02 - Friday, December 17, 2004, 11:30am-2:30pm

Tentative schedule of topics to be covered
1. Data Collection, Experiments, Observational Studies vs. Designed Experiments, Ch. 1
2. Variables Graphical & Numerical Summaries, Ch. 2
3. Probability & Independence, Ch. 4
4. Discrete Random Variables, Binomial Distribution, Expected Value, Variance, Ch. 5
5. Bayes' Rule, supplement
6. Continuous Random Variables, Normal Distribution, Ch. 6
7. Inference, Means, Central Limit Theorem, Ch. 7
8. Confidence Intervals, Ch. 8
9. Hypothesis Testing, Ch. 9
10. Z-test for mean and proportion, Ch. 10
11. 2 independent samples, t-test, Ch. 7, 8, 9, 10
12. Bivariate Data, Correlation, Ch. 3
13. Regression, Ch. 12
14. ANOVA, Chi-square, Ch. 11
    

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