Date | To read/do before class | Topics | |
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1 | 01/10 (W) | Get the textbook and software | Course description; software demonstration |
2 | 01/12 (F) | EMS 1-2; LHSP Is statistics hard?; SN 15 Presentation of numerical data | Data import and entry; data types; spreadsheets from hell and heaven; diagnostic quiz |
3 | 01/15 (M) | Stata lab; EMS 3; The scandal of poor medical research and correspondence 1, correspondence 2 | Descriptive/exploratory analysis; graphing using STATA |
4 | 01/17 (W) | Stata lab; EMS 3-4 | Descriptive/exploratory analysis |
5 | 01/19 (F) | Stata lab; EMS 4-5; SN 51 Standard deviations and standard errors; SN 10 The normal distribution | Means, standard deviations and standard errors |
6 | 01/22 (M) | Stata lab; EMS 5 | Normal distribution |
7 | 01/24 (W) | Stata lab; EMS 6 | Confidence interval for a mean |
8 | 01/26 (F) | Stata lab; EMS 7 | Comparison of two means |
9 | 01/29 (M) | Stata lab; EMS 8; SN 13 Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence | HW1 due ; P -values and confidence intervals; discuss the assigned reading materials |
10 | 01/31 (W) | Summary of stata commands | Stata commands and HW1 review |
11 | 02/02 (F) | EMS 9 | Analysis of variance |
12 | 02/05 (M) | Stata lab; EMS 10 | Linear regression and correlation |
13 | 02/07 (W) | Stata lab; EMS 10-11 in 419BCD Light Hall | Multiple regression |
14 | 02/09 (F) | Stata lab; EMS 11 | Multiple regression |
15 | 02/12 (M) | Stata lab; EMS 12 | HW2 due ; Goodness of fit and regression diagnostics |
16 | 02/14 (W) | Stata lab; EMS 13; SN 18 Transformations, means and confidence intervals | Transformations |
17 | 02/16 (F) | EMS 14-15 | Probability, risks and odds; proportions and the binomial distribution |
18 | 02/19 (M) | EMS 15-16 | Binomial distribution; Comparing two proportions |
19 | 02/21 (W) | EMS 16 | Comparing two proportions |
20 | 02/23 (F) | EMS 16-17 | Comparing two proportions; Chi-squared tests |
21 | 02/26 (M) | EMS 17 | HW3 due ; Chi-squared tests |
22 | 02/28 (W) | Review Lecture | Review |
03/02 (F) | Midterm exam | ||
03/03-03/11 | Spring break | ||
23 | 03/12 (M) | Guest lecture by Dr. Rafe Donahue | |
24 | 03/14 (W) | Guest lecture by Dr. David Airey (materials here) | |
25 | 03/16 (F) | EMS 18 | |
26 | 03/19 (M) | EMS 19 | |
27 | 03/21 (W) | EMS 19-20 | |
28 | 03/23 (F) | EMS 20 | |
29 | 03/26 (M) | EMS 21 | |
30 | 03/28 (W) | EMS 21 | |
31 | 03/30 (F) | ||
32 | 04/02 (M) | EMS 22 | |
33 | 04/04 (W) | EMS 23 | HW4 due |
34 | 04/06 (F) | EMS 26 | |
35 | 04/09 (M) | EMS 26 | |
36 | 04/11 (W) | EMS 27 | |
37 | 04/13 (F) | EMS 30 | non-parametrics |
38 | 04/16 (M) | EMS 36 | ROC |
39 | 04/18 (W) | EMS 35 | HW5 due |
40 | 04/20 (F) | reviews | |
41 | 04/23 (M) | reviews | |
04/25 | Final exam 2-4 pm |