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Cedars-Sinai Biostatistics –Fall Quarter -
Presentations, Assignments and other material
Instructor: Jeff Gornbein DrPH gornbein@g.ucla.edu
Home phone: 310-392-7381 office: 310-825-4193
Class
topics schedule & texts (updated) Handy EXCEL functions Gaussian
(normal) table
Suggested texts: Petrie and Sabin (P&S) Medical Statistics at a Glance 4th
ed, Wiley-Blackwell Pub 2020, Motulsky H, Intuitive Biostatistics, 4th ed,
Oxford Univ Press 2018
Link to class
Zoom session: https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/3680482651
Meeting ID: 368 048
2651
Class
presentation slides by topic- will be updated
2. Descriptive stats-survival
& binary data, Sensitivity, Specificity and ROC
3.
Probability theory & distributions: Normal, binomial, Poisson – Bayes rule
4. Confidence intervals
& hypothesis testing, p values
Paper on the misinterpretation of p
values (Lytsy-2022)
5.
Sample size for precision & power, multiple hypothesis testing
6.
Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
7. Chi square and F
tests – overall tests
8b. Multiple regression –
brief intro to linear, logistic, Poisson & Cox regression
9C. Propensity scores & logistic regression
10. Survival and Cox regression
12. Stat reporting tips for stats in publications
Class notes (backup, less up to date):
Semi
serious stat survey – a screening test (not for a grade-do not need to
hand in)
Assignments: Due dates
will be extended if material has not yet been covered
Send assignment
response in MS Word format to gornbein@g.ucla.edu
Assignment 1
due 9 Sept, 2024 Peters article Staudmauer
article
Assignment 2
due 23 Sept, 2024
Assignment 3
due 14 Oct, 2024 Julian article
Assignment 4
due 28 Oct, 2024
sample
size/power table for comparing two means
sample
size/power table for comparing two proportions
Assignment 5 due 11 Nov, 2024 Atkins
vs Zone article
Assignment 6 optional
Testosterone article
Final presentation instructions
Other papers: Stratton & Neil -how to ensure
paper is rejected
Ioannidis – why
published results can be false
Online
calculators
Normal
distribution applet / calculator
Power
for Comparing two means (comparing mean difference to zero)
Download for free Gpower sample size/power
software – University of Dusseldorf (must download and install)
Notes for JMP
sessions
Introduction
to JMP – SAS Inc-video
Lab
1 – introduction to JMP(JG)
data for BMI example depression data (JMP
format)
Excel demos and model calculators
Normal distribution area
calculator
Chi square area (p value) calculator
Poisson distribution calculator
t test for
means and Z test for proportions-calculator
power calculation demo – t test
sample size calculation
for comparing two means– t test
proportion comparison Z test
calculator
chi-square
test calculation demo
Logistic
regression – diabetes complication risk calculator
Datasets
in EXCEL (some in JMP) – used to illustrate some material:
Birth weight
(BWEIGHT) data dictionary for BWEIGHT
Svol (semen volume –
used in regression)
Clond TBI data (used
in ANOVA)
PCO data in JMP format – used for regression
Depression
(CESD) data in JMP format-used for regression
Chung-Prati
cancer survival data in JMP format
Links to Recorded Lectures (Zoom)
– there is a lag before recorded lectures are posted
Click on link
27 Aug 2024 – Introduction, confounding
