UCLA STAT 13 (sections 1a, 1b & 1c) Fall 2001

Introduction to Statistical Methods for the Life and Health Sciences

    http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~dinov/

UCLA Department of Statistics - STAT 13 - Statistical Methods for the Life and Health Sciences


Instructor:
Ivo D. Dinov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Statistics,
Research Scientist, Department of Neurology,
UCLA School of Medicine
E-mail:
Teaching Assistants:
  • Alex ??? (section 3a) E-mail: ???@stat.ucla.edu and
  • Scott ??? (sections 3b & 3c) E-mail: ???@stat.ucla.edu

  • Textbook: Chance Encounters - A first Course in Data Analysis and Inference by Christopher Wild and George Seber (200)
      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 Dist, 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, 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


    Ivo D. Dinov, Ph.D., Departments of Statistics & Neurology, UCLA