29 August 2008

 

Advanced Methods in Biostatistics III (140.753)

Course Information


Instructor
Tom Louis, Hygiene E3545, 410-614-7838, tlouis@jhsph.edu

Office hour: Drop by, make an appointment or email a question

                   (please copy Bruce on questions).

 

Teaching Assistant
Hao Wu, Hygiene E3037, 410-502-3365, hwu@jhsph.edu

Office hour: Drop by, make an appointment, email a question

 

Lectures: Tuesday & Thursday: 10:30-11:50 in Hygiene TBN

 

Course page

http://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/~tlouis/bio752-753/bio752-753.index.html

 

Introduction to R: http://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/~kbroman/Rintro/.

 

Grading

 3 Homeworks (45%):  15% each

          Midterm (25%):   Thursday, February 12th

            Project (30%):  Due electronically, Wednesday, March 18th at 5pm

 

Homework & Project Rules

Unless otherwise noted

·      Homework is due 10 days after assigned, but it’s best to do it earlier

·      You may discuss homework with other students, but what you turn in must be your own work (your own write-up, your own computing, ...)

·      You must email electronic copy to Bruce

·      Your take-home final must be done completely independently.  Electronic copy must be emailed to (tlouis@jhsph.edu) by the March 18th deadline.

 

Text: There is no course text, but the following will be used.  Those with an asterisk (*) are worth purchasing.

Recommended Literature

·      Faraway J (2004). Linear Models with R, CRC Press

·      Graybill FA (2000). Theory and Application of the Linear Model, Wadsworth

·      Hoaglin DC, Mosteller F, Tukey JW (1983).  Understanding Robust and Exploratory Data Analysis.  Wiley, New York

·      Mosteller F, Tukey JW (1977). Data Analysis and Regression. Addison Wesley, Reading MA

·      *Rice JA (2007). Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis 3rd ed. Duxbury

·      Scheffe H (1999). The Analysis of Variance, Wiley

·      Searle SR (1997). Linear Models, Wiley

·      Searle SR (1982). Matrix Algebra Useful for Statistics, Wiley

·      *Seber GA and Lee AJ (2003). Linear Regression Analysis, 2nd ed., Wiley

·      van Belle G (2008) Statistical Rules of Thumb, 2nd edition, Wiley

·      Venables WN and Ripley BD (2002).  Modern Applied Statistics with S, Springer

·      Weisberg S (1985). Applied Linear Regression, Wiley

 

Mathematical Statistics

·      Mathematical Statistics with Applications  by W. Mendenhall, D. D. Wackerly and R. L. Scheaffer (ISBN 0-534-92221-X)

·      John E. Freund's Mathematical Statistics with Applications, Seventh Edition by Irwin Miller, Marylees Miller

·      Introduction to the Theory of Statistics, 3rd edition by Mood, Graybill, and Boes ISBN: 0070428646 (McGraw-Hill Companies)