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Statistics 13 Fall 2003

Introduction to Statistical Methods for the Life and Health Sciences

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Textbook & Syllabus

Textbook: Chance Encounters - A first Course in Data Analysis and Inference by Christopher Wild and George Seber (2000)

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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