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LECTURES:

LECTURE NOTES:

Copies of the transparencies used in the lectures will be distributed weekly during classes. Supplementary materials will be distributed when appropriate. Purchase of these materials is included in the registration. Copies of most materials are available for downloading in the "Classes" section of the course web site. Version 5.0 of Acrobat Reader is needed for opening the course materials on the website.

(version 5.0 required)

WEB SITE:

http://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/courses/bio610

Contains course schedule, lecture notes, problem sets, quizzes, and solution keys.

VIDEOTAPES:

An videotape lecture is available after each lecture.
Lilienfeld Library: 9th Floor of Hampton House (East Balto)
Montgomery County Center Library (Mont Co)

TEXTBOOK:

No required textbook

Recommended (optional):

Principles of Biostatistics by Marcello Pagano and Kimberlee Gauvreau, 2000, Doxbury Press, Wadsworth Publishing Company

On reserve in the Lilienfeld Library, Hampton House and Second Floor Library, Hygiene and the library at Mont Co.

CALCULATOR:

Basic functions (+, -, x, ÷), logarithms and exponents, simple memory and recall, factorial key.

GRADING based on:

10% Problem set 1
10% Problem set 2
10% Problem set 3

Students may work together, but must hand in their own version of the problem set -- do not submit a copy of another student's work. 
NOTE: No late assignments will be accepted.

10% Quiz 1
10% Quiz 2
10% Quiz 3

40% Examination (in class)

REGISTER FOR COURSE e-MAIL:

To receive course announcements, all students must
register an e-Mail address

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

To provide an introduction to the basic concepts and methods of statistics used in describing the health of populations.

At the end of this course, a student will be able to:

• Organize and present data in tables and graphs
• Calculate and interpret indices commonly used in public health and vital statistics
• Use adjustment procedures to compare rates among two or more populations
• Interpret life tables in vital statistics
• Discriminate between samples and populations, and describe types of sampling techniques

OTHER LINKS:

• Department of Biostatistics

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Last edited: 05 May, 2004

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