Course Slides, Case
Studies and Summaries
Content, dates and
details are subject to change and correction.
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16th August Session 0.1 |
18th Session 1.1 |
23rd Session 1.2 |
25th Session 1.3 |
30th Session 1.4 |
1st September Session 1.5 |
6th Holiday Labor Day |
8th Sample Size, Probability |
13th Session 1.7 |
15th Open Review Day 1st Hourly |
20th In-class Test Day The First Hourly |
22nd Session 2.1 Clinical Trial Overview |
27th Session 2.2 |
29th Session 2.3 Sample Survey and Design Fault Spot |
4th October Session 2.4 |
6th Session 2.5 |
11th No Classes |
13th Session 2.6 |
18th Open Review Day 2nd Hourly |
20th In-class Test Day The Second Hourly |
25th Session 3.1 Overview, Confidence Intervals |
27th Session 3.2 |
1st November Session 3.3 |
3rd November Session 3.4 Overview, Hypothesis Testing |
8th Session 3.5 |
10th Session 3.6 |
15th Open Review Day 3rd Hourly |
17th In-class Test Day The Third Hourly |
22nd Open Review Day Comprehensive Final Exam |
25th Holiday Fall Break |
29th Open Review Day Comprehensive Final Exam |
1st December Open Review Day Comprehensive Final Exam |
6th Final Exam |
8th Final Exam |
Course Begins
Sessions: Part One Fall
M |
W |
16th August Session 0.1 |
18th Session 1.1 |
23rd Session 1.2 |
25th Session 1.3 |
30th Session 1.4 |
1st September Session 1.5 |
6th Holiday Labor Day |
8th Session 1.6 |
13th Session 1.7 |
15th Open Review Day 1st Hourly |
20th In-class Test Day The First Hourly |
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16th August /
Session 0.1
18th August /
Session 1.1
Samples, Probability
Prediction and the Fair Die
Counts, Proportions, Percentages Slides
The Color Bowl
23rd August /
Session 1.2
Perfect Samples
Perfect
Samples
25th August /
Session 1.3
Discrete Models, Dice
D6 to D3 Fair Dice, Simple Random
Variable
30th August / Session 1.4
Probability Computation
Begin looking at the Color
Sequence or Color Slot Machine Case Type – but avoid cases involving
Conditional Probability yet.
1st September / Session 1.5
Random Variables
A Pair of Dice and a Random Variable
6th
September / Holiday
Labor Day
8th September / Session 1.6
Sample Size, Probability
13th September
/ Session 1.7
Conditional Probability
Yet More Conditional Probability
How to compute a Conditional Probability
Conditional Probability Slides
An Application of Conditional Probability:
Disease Screening
15th September / Open Review Day / 1st
Hourly
20th September / In-class Test
Day / The First Hourly
Sessions: Part Two Fall
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22nd Session 2.1 Clinical Trial Overview |
27th Session 2.2 |
29th Session 2.3 Sample Survey |
4th October Session 2.4 |
6th Session 2.5 |
11th No Classes |
13th Session 2.6 |
18th Open Review Day 2nd Hourly |
20th In-class Test Day The Second Hourly |
22nd September / Session 2.1
Clinical Trial Overview
History presents concise history of the Clinical Trial
Clinical Trial Design Overview
Clinical Trial Subjects Bill of Rights
Supplemental Clinical Trial Notes
VEGF and Wet
Age-related Macular Degeneration
1st Hourly Scores by
Monday
27th September / Session 2.2
Clinical Trial Sketch
Case Study - Taxol
and End Stage Cervical Cancer
Case Study - Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Case Study - Myocardial Infarction
Case Study - Traumatic Brain Injury
Case Study - Carbon Monoxide Intoxication
Case Study - Ocular Hypertension
Case Study - Diabetes Insipidus
Case Study - Parkinson's Disease
Glossary defines terms associated
with Clinical Trials
29th September / Session 2.3
Sample Survey
Sample Survey Design
Hypermedia Resources
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/horp/classes/api214/Intro_Lecture.ppt
http://www.myhistory.org/historytopics/articles/public_opinion_polling.html
http://www.pbs.org/fmc/segments/progseg7.htm
http://www.hannibal.net/stories/101998/Pollstersrecall.html
http://www.hbstaff.com/political.htm
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jhutter/406/lectureoutline.doc
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~tonya/309m/class/paper4/bowser/opinpoll.htm
http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/sampling01.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/65/po/poll.html
http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~rgould/m12s01/survey.pdf
http://wwwstat.ucla.edu/~rgould/m12s01/survey.pdf
http://www.kellogg.nwu.edu/faculty/weber/decs-439b/A_Primer_on_Polls.htm
http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jmcmulle/450polls.htm
http://stat.tamu.edu/~amang/307/J307ch01.pdf
Pew Center Links
http://people-press.org/reports/
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=12
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=89
Supplemental Sample Survey Notes
glossary gives a glossary
of terms used in Sample Survey Designs.
4th October / Session 2.4
Design Fault Spot
Design
Faults – Clinical Trials
Clinical Trial Design Faults
Gardasil: Prophylactic HPV Vaccine
Seven Steps to Understanding a Clinical Trial
Avastin and Choice of Endpoints: Overall Survival
versus Progression-free Survival
Design
Faults – Sample Surveys
Sample Survey Design Faults
The Pew Survey on Religion in the US - An
example of a good survey
An IRS Survey on Taxpayer Attitudes on Taxes
- An example of a dubious survey
6th October / Session 2.5
Descriptive Statistics
The Calculator
Making Friends with Your Calculator
http://www.geocities.com/calculatorhelp/ti83
http://www.lrc.edu/mat/ti83_statistics.htm
http://www.math.tamu.edu/~khalman/calculator.htm
http://east.chclc.org/russo/ti3801.htm
http://www.willamette.edu/~mjaneba/help/TI-82-stats.htm
http://faculty.purduenc.edu/jkuhn/courses/previous/workbooks/301/lab1.pdf
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/arme210/TI83.pdf
Descriptive
Statistics
Location - Measures of Location in
Samples and Populations
Case Study 3.1 – Serum Creatinine
Case Study 3.2 – Barrels of
Monkeys
11th October / No Classes
13th October / Session 2.6
Summary Intervals
Case Study 4 - Diseased Monkeys
Case Study 4.1 – Additional Case
TBA
18th October / Open Review Day / 2nd Hourly
Preparing for the Second Hourly
20th October / In-class Test Day
/ The Second Hourly
Sessions: Part Three Fall
25th Session 3.1 Overview, Confidence Intervals |
27th Session 3.2 |
1st November Session 3.3 |
3rd November Session 3.4 Overview, Hypothesis Testing |
8th Session 3.5 |
10th Session 3.6 |
15th Open Review Day 3rd Hourly |
17th In-class Test Day The Third Hourly |
25th October / Session 3.1
Overview,
Confidence Intervals
27th October / Session 3.2
Confidence
Estimation of the Population Mean
Families
gives perspectives on Families of Samples and Families of Estimates
Family2 gives yet more fun
insights on Families of Samples, Intervals, Errors…
bell curves and sample means gives insights on the approximate
behavior of sample means.
a few notes about statistical inference
Verification of the 95% Confidence Principle
mean tables gives tables for means and
proportions intervals and proportions.
1st November / Session 3.3
Confidence
Intervals, Proportion
proportions gives different
viewpoints on the proportion in Statistics
3rd November / Session 3.4
Overview,
Hypothesis Testing
The
Hypothesis Test and Decision Theory
The idea of a statistical test is
explored here.
The idea of a statistical test is
further clarified
8th November / Session 3.5
Population
Median Test
Hypothesis Test – Population Median
median
presents the idea of the Sign Test of the Median
median test presents the Sign Test of the Median
median table presents p-values for the median test
median pictures a graphical view of the
sign test
10th November / Session 3.6
Hypothesis
Test – Categorical Goodness-of-Fit
good tables give tables for the
goodness-of-fit test
Verification of the 5% testing principle
Verification of the 5% testing principle -
Fall 2007 Update
Verification of the 5% testing principle - Spring
2008 Update
15th November / Open Review Day / 3rd Hourly
17th November / In-class Test
Day / The Third Hourly
The Endgame
22nd Open Review Day Comprehensive Final Exam |
25th Holiday Fall Break |
29th Open Review Day Comprehensive Final Exam |
1st December Open Review Day Comprehensive Final Exam |
6th Final Exam |
8th Final Exam |
Preparing for the Comprehensive Final
Course Ends