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 Biostatistics 140.651
 Methods in Biostatistics I

  Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

LECTURER: 

Ron Brookmeyer, PhD
Department of Biostatistics, Hygiene E3142
Johns Hopkins University
School of Hygiene and Public Health 
phone:   410-955-3519
fax:        410-955-0958
Office Hours: 1:30 - 2:30 PM

LECTURES:

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tuesday, Thursday

W2008

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

Lab 1:	Tuesday	12:30 - 2:30 PM	W3204
Lab 2:	Wednesday	3:00 - 4:00 PM	W3204

 

7 Sep	Introduction to the Stata computer package	E Johnson
14 Sep	Introduction to the Stata computer package	Yijie Zhou Weiwei Wang
21 Sep	Introduction to S Plus/ R computer package	E Johnson
28 Sep	Introduction to S Plus/ R computer package	E Johnson
5 Oct	Statistical Methods	R Brookmeyer TA's
12 Oct	Statistical Methods	R Brookmeyer TA's
19 Oct	Review	R Brookmeyer TA's

LAB INSTRUCTORS:

• Elizabeth Johnson

• Weiwei Wang

• Yijie Zhou

TEACHING ASSISTANTS:

• Elizabeth Johnson
  Department of Biostatistics, Hygiene E3146
  Office hours:  Mon, 4:30-5:30 PM

• Weiwei Wang
  Department of Biostatistics, Hygiene E3132
  Office hours:  Tues, 12:30-1:30 PM

• Yijie Zhou
  Department of Biostatistics, Hygiene E3005
  Office hours:  Wed, 2:00 - 3:00 PM

WEB SITE:

• http://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/courses/bio651/

• Contains course schedule, office hours, lecture notes, problem sets, and solution keys.
  

TEXTBOOK:

• Fundamentals of Biostatistics, 5th edition by Bernard Rosner, Duxbury Press, 2000

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:

• Mathematical Statisticis and Data Analysis, 2nd edition by John A. Rice, Duxbury Press, 1995

All books will be on reserve in the Lilienfeld Satellite Library
          (Hygiene 2030)

CALCULATOR:

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

 

REGISTER FOR COURSE e-MAIL:

• To receive course announcements, all students must
  register an e-Mail address

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

This course is an introductory sequence in statistical methods with applications to public health, clinical and biological research.  It is intended as an introductory methods course for biostatistics graduate students and quantitatively oriented  students.  The focus is on presentation, analysis and interpretation of data.

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COURSE PREREQUISITE:

It is assumed students have had calculus and are familiar with matrix and linear algebra.  The course does not assume any prior knowledge of statistics or probability.

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REQUIREMENTS:

• 4 Problem Sets

• Closed book exam given late in the term

• Final exam on last day of class ( 26 Oct 2004).
  The exam will be closed book.  A list of key formula will be provided.

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GRADING:

• 50% - Problem Sets (Must be handed in on time)

• 50% - Final Exam  (In class)

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OTHER LINKS:

• Biostatistics Department

• Generating Bernoulli Random Variables using STATA or R

• Sampling Distribution Applet

• Copying and pasting a graph from Stata 8 into a Word document

• Applets

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