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) |
See the PDFs of handouts and course notes. See the Data directory.