BIOS 603 -  INTRODUCTORY BIOSTATISTICS - FA 1998
Dr Lefante's Section

COURSE SCHEDULE

DATE TOPIC FORMULAS FOR CHAPTERS SOLUTIONS FOR CHAPTERS
September 2 Introduction 1 1
September 4 Descriptive Statistics 2.1-2.3 2.1-2.3
September 9 Descriptive Statistics 2.4-2.5 2.4-2.5
September 11 Laws of Probability 3 3
September 16 Discrete Probability Distributions 4.1-4.3 4.1-4.3
September 18 Discrete Probability Distributions 4.3-4.4 4.3-4.4
September 23 EXAM I (25%) 1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4
September 25 The Normal Distribution 4.5-4.7 4.5-4.7
September 30 Sampling Distributions 5.1-5.4 5.1-5.4
October 2 Sampling Distributions 5.5-5.6 5.5-5.6
October 7 Confidence Intervals 6.1-6.3 6.1-6.3
October 9 Confidence Intervals 6.4-6.6 6.4-6.6
October 14 Sample Size For Estimation 6.7-6.8 6.7-6.8
October 16 EXAM II (25%) 4,5,6 4,5,6
October 21 Hypothesis Testing - One Mean 7.1-7.2 7.1-7.2
October 23 One Sample t-test 7.2 7.2
October 28 Two Sample t-test 7.3 7.3
October 30 Two sample t-test, Paired t-test 7.3-7.4 7.3-7.4
November 4 Hypothesis Testing-One Proportion 7.5 7.5
November 6 Hypothesis Testing-Two Proportions 7.6 7.6
November 11 Hypothesis Testing-One Variance 7.7 7.7
November 13 Hypothesis Testing-Two Variance 7.8 7.8
November 18 EXAM III (25%) 7 7
November 20 Power and Sample Size Handouts Handouts
December 2 Power and Sample Size Handouts Handouts
December 4 Contingency Tables - chi-square 12.1,12.2, 12.4 12.1,12.2, 12.4
December 9 Contingency Tables - chi-square 12.5 12.5
December TBA EXAM IV (25%) 7, 12, and Power, Sample Size 7, 12, and Power, Sample Size