Lesson 1: Welcome!

Nicky Wakim

2025-03-31

Still me!

Course Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, students should be able to…

  1. Apply and interpret some hypothesis-testing procedures for two-way and three-way contingency tables

  2. Compute and interpret measures of association for binary and ordinal data.

  3. Calculate and correctly interpret odds ratios using logistic regression, make comparison across groups and examine relationship between binary outcome and predictor variables.

  4. Apply appropriate model-building strategies for logistic regression. Effectively use statistical computing packages for contingency table and logistic regression procedures.

  5. Perform Poisson regression analysis using count data and interpret model estimates, make comparison across groups and examine relationship between outcome and predictor variables.

  6. Coherently summarize methods and results of data analyses, and discuss in context of original health-related research questions to audiences with varied statistical background.

New way to record/view lectures

  • I will be using Echo360 to automatically record time from 1-3pm in this room!

  • It will be LIVE

    • So you can watch in real time, but won’t be able to interact with us

    • Might have a 10 second lag

    • No need to tell me if you cannot make class

  • Here is the link to the Echo site! I’ll keep posting it on the weekly pages

    • Everyone should be added! Please check that you have access.

  • I don’t have to post anything after class, so no issues with me forgetting to post it

Some important tasks

05:00

Syllabus

  • Not many changes from last quarters syllabus
  • Changes from last quarter
    • Lab discussion days
    • Quizzes
    • No midterm feedback

Assessment Breakdown

  • We will have quizzes and required in-person lab discussions (on schedule)
Course activity Type of Assessment Due Date Percentage of final grade (BSTA 513) Percentage of final grade (BSTA 613)
Homework Formative Every 1-2 weeks 30% 25%
Quizzes Summative 4/27, 5/18, 6/1 25% 25%
Project Labs Formative/Summative Every 2-3 weeks 25% 25%
Lab Discussion + Poster Day Participation N/A Every 2-3 weeks 5% 5%
Project Poster Summative 6/13 10% 10%
Exit tickets (Attendance) N/A Twice Weekly 5% 5%
613 Readings Formative Approx. every other week 0% 5%

Quizzes

  • In BSTA 512/612, I removed the quizzes that I implemented in W24

  • I noticed there were some key learning objectives that many of us were not meeting in the project

    • Not your fault

  • Leading me to implement some new assessment practices (quizzes and lab discussions)

  • I think quizzes are a helpful way to embed a checkpoint for understanding

  • Quizzes will NOT be in class

    • Quizzes will open at 3pm on Wednesday and close at 11pm on Sunday

    • I’m open to changing the exact timing of this, so let me know in the exit ticket!

Lab Discussion + Poster Day Participation

  • We will have 5 classes with required in-person attendance

    • 4 lab discussion days

    • 1 poster day

  • Lab discussions will either take the full or half class time

    • They will always follow the due date for a lab

  • You will spend the time in a pair or group to discuss what you did in your lab

  • If you have extenuating circumstances, you can complete a make-up assignment for credit (Syllabus)

Any questions on how this quarter is going to go?

How to print slides

Let’s take 10 minutes for Student Survey

11:00

Now we take a 5 minute break!

05:00