Material for Course 607: Inferential Statistics

Course EPIB-694: Statistical Inference II
June 2004

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
(updated late Thursday June 17, with material for takehome exam)


Date

Topic

Notes

Homework

Other Material /
Resources

JUNE        

 

       

Tue 1

Distribution-Free ("Non-parametric") Methods

Ch14(jh)
Ch14(m&m)

1. due Friday June 4

M&M IPS4e:
14.19 and 14.22;

'Homegrown' Ch14:
Q2 and Q4

ANSWERS

Exercises 14.19 & 14.22 M&M IPS4e
and Homegrown ('HG') Exercises for Ch. 14

Other resources for Ch 14

 

       

Thu 3

§8.1 Proportion p1, CI's; tests; matched pair designs;
Sample size Considerations;
Bayesian Inference

Ch 8.1

2. due Tuesday June 8

M&M IPS4e:
8.4, 8.12, 8.13, 8.20 and 8.24
Also, compare large sample CI in 8.4(b) with exact binomial CI (use spreadsheet or table in Resources Ch 8)

'Homegrown' Ch6:
Q2
'Homegrown' Ch8:
Q1
Q11 parts a, b, c, d, and e
Q12

[All of above, in 1 pdf file]

Exercises from M&M (IPS4e) [Section_8.1] [Section_8.2]
[chapter] [sol'ns...odd #'s]

Homegrown ('HG') Exercises for Ch 6

Homegrown ('HG') Exercises for Ch 8

Other resources for Ch 8

 

       

Tue 8

§8.2 p1 vs. p2; CI's; tests; Sample size Considerations;
Bayesian Inference

Ch 8.2

3. due Friday June 11

M&M IPS4e:
8.47, 8.75 and 8.81

'Homegrown' Ch8:
Q2
Q6
Q15

[All of above, in 1 pdf file]

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Thu 10

§9 Inference for Two-way Tables


Statistics for Epidemiology

Ch 9

Ch 9 epi

Other resources for Ch 9

 

       

Tue 15

Ch 2 Looking at Data --- Relationships

§2.1 Scatterplots
§2.2 Correlation
§2.3 LS Regression

Ch 2

4. due Friday June 18

M&M IPS3e: (3rd edition)
2.40, 10.6, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 2.43 & 2.46

'Homegrown' Ch10:
Q1, Q3 and Q4

[All of above, in 1 pdf file]

Other resources for Ch 10

§10 Inference for (Simple Linear) Regression

Bridge

Ch 10

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Thu 17

§10 Inference for Regression

 

5. due Monday June 21

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PROJECT due: 5pm Mon June 21

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Tue 22

§10 Inference for Regression

More, via
Exer 2.40

Anova
Table

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§10 Inference for Regression

F Ratio
(F9!)		 . .

 

       

Fri 26

FINAL EXAM (takehome)
due 5pm June 25

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due: 5pm Fri June 25.

FINAL EXAMS from Previous Years