Biostatistics 1
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December 8, 2025

Week Date Les-son Topic TB sections Key Info Slides HTML Slides PDF Slides Notes Exit tix Record-ing Muddy Points
1 09/29 0 Welcome
1 Data collection 1.3
10/01 2 Intro to data & numerical summaries 1.2, 1.4
10/02 HW 0 due @ 11 pm
2 10/06 3 Defining Probability 2.1
R01 Download R and RStudio
10/08 4 Conditional Probability 2.2
R02 R Basics, pt 1
10/12 HW 1 due @ 11 pm
3 10/13 5 Random variables, Binomial distribution 3.1-3.2
R03 R Basics, pt 2
10/15 5 Random variables, Binomial distribution, continued 3.1-3.2
R04 Reproducibility, File Organization, and Projects
R05 Intro to Quarto, packages, and importing data
10/19 HW 2 due @ 11 pm
4 10/20 6 Normal distribution 3.3
10/22 R05 Intro to Quarto, packages, and importing data, continued
R06 ggplot
8 Data visualization of a single variable 1.5-1.7
10/22 Quiz 1 opens @ 3pm
10/26 HW 3 due @ 11 pm
10/26 Quiz 1 closes @11pm
5 10/27 7 Poisson distribution 3.4
9 Data visualization of two variables 1.5-1.7
10/29 10 Variability in estimates 4.1
R07 LaTeX in Quarto
11/02 HW 4 due @ 11 pm
11/02 Midterm Feedback form due @ 11pm
6 11/03 11 Confidence Intervals 4.2
11/05 12 Hypothesis Testing 1: Single-sample mean 4.3, 5.1
11/09 HW 5 due @ 11 pm
7 11/10 13 Inference for mean difference from two-sample dependent/paired data (Hypothesis Testing 2) 5.2
R08 Transforming and subetting data with tidyverse, part 1
11/12 14 Inference for difference in means from two independent samples (Hypothesis Testing 3) 5.3
R08 Transforming and subetting data with tidyverse , part 2
11/12 Quiz 2 opens @ 3pm
11/16 HW 6 due @ 11pm
11/16 Quiz 2 closes @ 11pm
8 11/17 15 Power and sample size calculations for means 5.4
11/19 16 Comparing Means with ANOVA 5.5
11/23 HW 7 due @ 11 pm
9 11/24 17 Inference for a single proportion or difference in proportions 8.1-8.2
11/26 No class
10 12/01 18 Chi-squared test 8.3-8.4
12/03 19 Non-parametric tests Other TB
12/07 HW 8 due 11 pm
11 12/08 20 Simple Linear Regression 6.1-6.4
R09 Summarizing data with tidyverse and Table 1
12/08 Quiz 3 opens @ 3pm
12/10 Class if needed
12/11 Optional HW 9 due 11 pm
12/12 Quiz 3 closes @ 11pm