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ERHS 544 Biostatistical Methods for Quantitative Data

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Syllabus

Spring
Clark C 362

Instructor: Dr. Thomas Keefe, PhD
145 Environmental Health Building (EH)
Phone: 970-491-5970
Fax: 970-491-2940
Email: thomas.keefe@colostate.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Class hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 am - 12:15 pm, Clark C 362

Course objective: This graduate level course in biostatistics was designed to familiarize the student with the statistical methods used in the design and analysis of applied research in the biological disciplines wherein the data are quantitative.

Course Content: Introduction to experimental design; fundamentals of linear regression and correlation; multiple linear regression (MLR) and correlation; application of MLR to special models; and analysis of variance, including methods for multiple comparisons of means, for selected experimental designs.

Prerequisite: Introductory course in statistical methods (e.g., EH/ST307 or ST301).

Text: Applied Regression Analysis and Other Multivariable Methods, Third Edition, DG Kleinbaum, LL Kupper, KG Muller, A Nizam, Duxbury Press, Pacific Grove, CA, 1998. (Available for 2-hour check-out at Reserve Desk of the CSU Library under ERHS 544.)

Course Packet: Notes and examples; Assignments 1-11 and MINITAB introduction/example.(Available at Copy Rite in the CSU Lory Student Center.)

Computer Package Used for Analysis: MINITAB - Student version packaged with text; full version available in several PC labs.

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Contact Information:

Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
1681 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523

Phone: 970-491-7038
Fax: 970-491-2940