Form a Research Question
Published: Aug 17th, 2013
View the Reading on Forming a Research Question (short) This document is linked from Role-Type Classification.
Activity 4: Outside Reading Category 
These materials are assigned as required or optional outside readings.
Role of Biostatistics in Medicine
Published: Jun 14th, 2013
The following online article from Discovery Health discusses the role of biostatistics in medicine today. View the Reading: Role of Biostatistics in Medicine (≈ 1000 words) This document is linked from Role […]
A Good Discussion of Power
Published: Mar 8th, 2013
The following reading has a good discussion of power and hypothesis testing. Link to Reading (≈ 2500 words) This document is linked from Errors and Power.
Little Handbook – Confidence Intervals
Published: Feb 16th, 2013
View the Reading on Confidence Intervals – Analogy of a Boy and his Dog (≈ 400 words, this is VERY instructive I think!) View the Reading on Confidence Intervals – Introduction (≈ […]
Little Handbook – Behavior of Sample Means
Published: Feb 16th, 2013
View the Reading (≈ 3000 words) From the online version of Little Handbook of Statistical Practice, this reading contains a discussion of the behavior of sample means, the sampling distribution of x-bar.
Little Handbook – Design & Sampling
Published: Feb 16th, 2013
View the Reading on Study Design (≈12,000 words; much more than we cover in this course!) View the Reading on Random Samples and Randomization (≈700 words) From the online version of Little Handbook […]
Little Handbook – Probability
Published: Feb 16th, 2013
View the Reading (≈ 1000 words) From the online version of Little Handbook of Statistical Practice, this reading contains a discussion of probability. This document is linked from Summary (Unit 3A).
Little Handbook – Correlation Coefficients
Published: Dec 26th, 2012
View the Reading (≈ 2700 words) From the online version of Little Handbook of Statistical Practice, this reading contains a detailed discussion of correlation. This document is linked from Linear Relationships – Correlation.
Little Handbook – Causality: Cause & Effect
Published: Dec 26th, 2012
View the Reading (≈ 1700 words) From the online version of Little Handbook of Statistical Practice, this reading contains a discussion of causality. This document is linked from Causation.
Little Handbook – Summary Statistics: Location and Spread
Published: Dec 22nd, 2012
View the Reading From the online version of Little Handbook of Statistical Practice, this reading contains examples of numerous exploratory graphical displays.