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 Biostatistics 140.621
 Statistical Methods in Public Health I

  Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health



 
  Announcements

  First Term
  September 1 - October 22, 2015



LECTURERS

  • Marie Diener-West, PhD (Section 01)
    Department of Biostatistics, Room E3622
    Johns Hopkins University
    Bloomberg School of Public Health 
    phone:   410-502-6894
    fax:        410-955-0958
    Office Hours: TBA and by appointment
     

  • Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD  (Section 02)
    Department of Biostatistics, Room E3527
    Johns Hopkins University
    Bloomberg School of Public Health
    phone: 410-955-3067
    fax:      410-955-0958
    Office Hours:  TBA and by appointment

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LECTURES:

10:30 am - 12 pm Tuesday, Thursday
 

  • Section 01:

 Sommer Hall  (Room E2014)                              

  • Section 02:    

 Sheldon Hall (Room W1214)

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LABS for review, questions, and help with the problem sets:

Labs will start on Sep 3
 

Lab 1:

Monday

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 

Room W3008

Lab 2:

Tuesday

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 

Room W3008

Lab 3:

Wednesday 

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 

Room W3008

Lab 4:

Thursday

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 

Room W3008

Lab 5: 

Friday

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 

Room W3008

Lab 6:

Monday

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 

Room W3008

Lab 7:

Tuesday

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 

Room W3008

Lab 8:

Wednesday 

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 

Room W3008

Lab 9:

Thursday

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 

Room W3008

Note: 3:00-3:30 is open time for questions


COMPUTER LAB for STATA help:
(starting Sep 3, optional)

Monday - Friday

2:30 - 3:20 PM

Room W3017


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LAB INSTRUCTORS

 

 

 


TEACHING ASSISTANTS 
  • Yibing (Oliver) Chen

  • Yu Du

  • Youssef Farag

  • Jordan Johns

  • Shuiqing Liu

  • Yi-Chen Liu

  • Haidong Lu

  • Gina Norato

  • Genevieve Stein-O'Brien

  • Yuting Xu

  • Chao Yang

  • Claire Ruberman

 

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OFFICE HOURS for Teaching Assistants
(starting Thursday, Sep 3, optional)

 

Monday - Friday

12:15 PM  - 1:15 PM

Room W2009

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LECTURE NOTES:

  • Copies of the course materials are distributed during class. Purchase of these materials is included in registration. Copies of most materials are available for downloading in the "Classes" section of the course web site.  Acrobat Reader is needed for opening the course materials on the website.

Download Acrobat Reader

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WEB SITE

  • Contains course schedule, office hours, lecture notes, self-evaluation problem sets, Stata lecture notes, and problem set solutions and quiz and exam solutions.

     Userid:  bio621 

     Password:  (given in class)

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AUDIO:

  • An audio lecture is available and posted after each lecture on the course website in the "Classes" section.

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TEXTBOOK:

  • Recommended book for which we will provide reading assignments:

    • Bernard Rosner, Fundamentals of Biostatistics, 2011, Duxbury  Press, Belmont, CA.
       

  • Suggested book:

    • Lawrence C. Hamilton. Statistics with Stata 12, 2012, Duxbury Press, Belmont, CA.

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CALCULATOR

  • Basic functions (+, -, x, ÷), logarithms and exponents, simple memory and recall, factorial key.

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COMPUTING PACKAGE:

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Course Policies

  • Course grade based on:

    • 20% completion of 4 problem sets (points deducted if turned in late)

    • 5% quiz 1

    • 5% quiz2

    • 35% midterm exam

    • 35% final exam

Students may work together on the problem sets, but must hand in their own version of the problems set -- DO NOT SUBMIT AN EXACT COPY of another student's work.


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