Introductory Biostatistics I
BIOS 7010, Spring 2008
TTH 12:30-1:45PM, Coverdell 175
The Bare Essentials:
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WebCT
Syllabus
Instructor: Woncheol Jang
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129B Coverdell Center
jang@uga.edu
(706) 583-8923
Office Hours:
Tuesday 2-3PM or by appointment
Text :
- Required text: Moore and McCabe (2006). Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 5th edition, W.H.Freeman, New York.
- Recommended text: Evans (2005). Minitab Manual for Moore and McCabe's Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 5th edition, W.H.Freeman, New York.
- Other useful texts:
- Pagano and Gauvreau (2000). Principles of Biostatistics, 2nd edition, Duxbury, CA
- Rosner (2006). Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Sixth edition. Duxbury, CA.
- van Belle, Fisher, Heagerty and Lumley (2003). Biostatistics: A Methodlogy or the Health Sciences, Second edition, Wiley, New York.
Overview
Welcome to BIOS 7010: Introductory Biostatistics I. This
course has three major functions:
- To introduce you to the principles of data analysis
using statistics
- To help you to interpret results form statistical models
- To develop your skills in performing analysis on real data sets in public health and biomedical sciences
The course handouts including lecture notes and homework assignments are available
via WebCT.
Announcements
- Day-to-day on-line content for the course will be maintained at http://jang.myweb.uga.edu/teaching/7010/
(this website). A WebCT
website has also been set up for the
course; it will be used mostly for communications and quick
announcements. Please check both websites regularly.
- Most on-line materials for this course will be provided as pdf
files. These files are viewable with Adobe Acrobat.
- Here is a complete syllabus
for the course.
jang@uga.edu
Last updated 01/07/08