BIOS 544 Class Schedule

All classes meet in Sanger Hall 6-032.

This schedule is subject to change. Check here often.

*** Indicates TBL days where attendence is mandatory.

Class M/W Tu/Th   Topics, Assignments, Due Dates
  16-Jan 17-Jan   No Class
1 18-Jan 19-Jan Introduction & Syllabus
Section 1: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
HW Assignment: Assignment 0 (due 23/24-Jan; NEXT CLASS)
        TBL Assignment: Read Alzheimer paper for TBL on 30/31-Jan; consider the discussion questions
2 23-Jan 24-Jan Section 1: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Section 2: Analysis of Variance
        HW Assigmnent: Section 1 (due 30/31-Jan); Due: Assignment 0
3 25-Jan 26-Jan Section 2: Analysis of Variance, continued
HW Assignment: Section 2 (due 6/7-Feb)
        TBL Assignment: Read Nicotine paper for TBL on 1/2-Feb; consider the discussion questions.
4 30-Jan 31-Jan *** TBL on Alzheimer's paper
        Due: Section 1 HW
5 1-Feb 2-Feb *** Extra credit assignment on Nicotine Paper (due 15/16 Feb)
      Section 2: Analysis of Variance, completed
6 6-Feb 7-Feb Section 3: Analysis of Factorial Experiments
7 8-Feb 9-Feb Section 3: Analysis of Factorial Experiments
        HW Assignment: Section 3 (due 15/16-Feb)
      Due: Section 2 HW
8 13-Feb 14-Feb Section 4: Two Example Analyses of Two-Way Designs
Due: Section 1 HW redo
        TBL Assignment: Read BIOS 543 Section 7a and BIOS 544 Section 5 for TBL on 20/21-Feb
9 15-Feb 16-Feb Section 4: Two Example Analyses of Two-Way Designs
Due: Section 3 HW
        Extra Credit Assignment: Write-up for second example in course notes (due 22/23-Feb)
10 20-Feb 21-Feb *** TBL on Repeated Measures (BIOS 543 Section 7a and BIOS 544 Section 5)
        Due: Section 2 HW redo
11 22-Feb 23-Feb Section 5: The Analysis of Repeated Measures (part I)
Due: Section 4 extra credit (no redo)
HW Assignment: Section 5 HW (due 29-Feb/1-Mar)
        Reading Assignment: Katz (Ann Intern Med, 2003) and Son (J Geron Nurs, 2003) papers
12 27-Feb 28-Feb Section 6: Transformations (no HW assignment)
Prepare questions for Section 5 HW
13 29-Feb 1-Mar   In class discussion of Katz and Son papers
Due: Section 5 HW, Section 3 HW redo
        Midterm exam handed out (due 7/8-Mar)
14 5-Mar 6-Mar Section 8: From Correlation and Regression to Multiple Regression
Questions on Midterm?
        TBL Assignment: Read CONSORT (Section 7, items 1-12) for TBL on 19/20-Mar
15 7-Mar 8-Mar Section 8: From Correlation and Regression to Multiple Regression
Due: Midterm Exam (electronically by 5pm)
HW Assignment: Section 8 HW (due 21/22-Mar)
        TBL Assignment: Read CONSORT (Section 7, items 13-22) for TBL on 21/22-Mar
  12-Mar 13-Mar   No Class (Spring Break)
  14-Mar 15-Mar   No Class (Spring Break)
16 19-Mar 20-Mar *** TBL on part I of CONSORT (Section 7, items 1-12)
        Due: Section 5 HW redo
17 21-Mar 22-Mar *** TBL on part II of CONSORT (Section 7, items 13-22)
Due: Section 8 HW
        Note: Last day to withdraw is March 23
18 26-Mar 27-Mar   Section 9: Multiple Regression Models
19 28-Mar 29-Mar Section 9: Multiple Regression Models
        Extra Credit Assignment: Write-up of journal article that uses multple linear reg. (due 4/5-Apr)
20 2-Apr 3-Apr   Section 10: Analysis of Covariance
21 4-Apr 5-Apr Section 10: Analysis of Covariance
Due: Section 9 extra credit (no redo), Section 8 HW redo
        HW Assignment: Section 10 HW (due 11/12-Apr)
22 9-Apr 10-Apr   Section 11: The Analysis of Repeated Measures (part II)
23 11-Apr 12-Apr   Section 11: The Analysis of Repeated Measures (part II)
Due: Section 10 HW
        HW Assignment: Section 11 HW (due 18/19-Apr)
24 16-Apr 17-Apr Section 12: Logistic Regression
        Due: Section 8 HW redo
25 18-Apr 19-Apr Section 12: Logistic Regression
Due: Section 11 HW, Section 10 HW redo
        HW Assignment: Section 12 (due 25/26-Apr)
26 23-Apr 24-Apr Section 13: An Introduction to Equivalence Testing
        HW Assignment: Section 13 (due 25/26-Apr; NEXT CLASS)
27 25-Apr 26-Apr Section 14: Time to Event (Survival) Analysis (no HW assignment)
        Due: Section 12 and 13 HW
28 30-Apr 1-May Review
        Final Exam handed out (due 9/10-May)
29 2-May 3-May Optional Class: Questions on final exam?
        Due: Sections 10 and 11 HW redo; Sections 12 and 13 redos due by 9-May
  7-May 8-May   No Class: Final Exam Week
9-May 10-May No Class: Final Exam Week
        Due: Final Exam (electronically by noon)

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