Stat 464 - Introduction to Biostatistics

Description

Methods of collecting, representing and processing statistical data are covered and illustrated by real life examples, mainly from biology and medicine

Prerequisites

MATH 140


Level of Rigor

Elementary


Sample Textbooks

Fundamentals of Biostatistics, by Bernard Rosner


Applications


If you like this course, you might also consider the following courses

MATH416, STAT426


Additional Notes

Not applicable toward the math major requirements

Topics

Estimation of parameters

Testing statistical hypotheses

Elements of nonparametric inference

Models of regression

Analysis of categorical data

(Computer projects when assigned require use of MINITAB)

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  • The Feynman-Lagerstrom criterion for boundary layers

    Speaker: Trinh Nguyen (Wisconsin)

    When: Thu, September 19, 2024 - 3:30pm
    Where: PHY 1201
  • Periodic homogenization of geometric equations without perturbed correctors

    Speaker: Jiwoong Jang (UMD)

    When: Thu, September 26, 2024 - 3:30pm
    Where: PHY 1201
  • Instantaneous continuous loss of regularity for the SQG equation

    Speaker: Wojciech Ozanski (FSU) 

    When: Thu, October 3, 2024 - 3:30pm
    Where: PHY 1201
  • Low regularity well-posedness of 2D capillary water waves

    Speaker: Lizhe Wan (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 

    When: Thu, October 17, 2024 - 3:30pm
    Where: PHY 1201
  • Rate of convergence in quasi-periodic homogenization of Hamilton-Jacobi equation

    Speaker: Son Tu (Michigan State)

    When: Thu, October 24, 2024 - 2:30pm
    Where: MATH 0401
  • Front propagation through a perforated wall

    Speaker: Hiroshi Matano (Meiji University)

    When: Thu, November 7, 2024 - 3:30pm
    Where: PHY 1201
  • Stochastic and deterministic moving boundary problems

    Speaker: Krutika Tawri (Berkeley) 

    When: Thu, November 14, 2024 - 3:30pm
    Where: PHY 1201
  • Global solutions to the obstacle problem

    Speaker: Alessio Figalli

    When: Thu, November 21, 2024 - 10:10am
    Where: MTH3206
  • Stability estimates in Sobolev type inequalities

    Speaker: Jean Dolbeault

    When: Thu, November 21, 2024 - 3:30pm
    Where: PHY 1201
  • Fully nonlinear equations in thin domains: a test function approach

    Speaker: Isabeau Birindelli (University of Rome I)

    When: Thu, December 5, 2024 - 3:30pm
    Where: PHY 1201
  • A new approach to regularity, well-posedness, and blow-up in the Boltzmann equation

    Speaker: Christopher Henderson (University of Arizona) - https://sites.google.com/view/ckhenderson

    When: Thu, January 30, 2025 - 3:30pm
    Where: Kirwan Hall 1313
  • Suppression of chemotactic singularity by some buoyancy-driven flows

    Speaker: Kevin Hu (Duke)

    When: Thu, March 27, 2025 - 3:30pm
    Where: MTH3206
  • Scalar balance laws with nonlocal singular sources

    Speaker: Khai Nguyen (NC State)

    When: Thu, April 3, 2025 - 3:30pm
    Where: MTH0307
  • The Euclidean Isoperimetric problem and its gradient flow: a phase transitions approach

    Speaker: Daniel Restrepo (John Hopkins)

    When: Thu, April 10, 2025 - 3:30pm
    Where: MTH3206
  • (Numerical Analysis Seminar) 𝐻² conforming virtual element discretization of nondivergence form elliptic equations

    Speaker: Guillaume Bonnet (Paris Dauphine)

    When: Thu, April 17, 2025 - 3:30pm
    Where: MTH3206
  • One-phase contact point dynamics in Hele-Shaw cells

    Speaker: Francisco Gancedo (IAS)

    When: Thu, April 24, 2025 - 3:30pm
    Where: MTH3206
  • Non-uniqueness for the Navier-Stokes equations from critical data

    Speaker: Stan Palasek (Princeton)

    When: Thu, May 1, 2025 - 3:30pm
    Where: MTH3206