Cheung: 08-08

P6104: Introduction to Biostatistical Methods

Time:
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:20-1:50

Place:
Hammer Health Sciences Center 301

Instructor:

• Ken Cheung
• Office: 722 West 168th Street, Room 641
• Phone: 305-3332 (x53332)
• e-mail: yc632@columbia.edu
• webpage http://www.columbia.edu/~yc632/

Course TAs:

• To be announced

Recitation Sessions:

• Time: Wednesdays & Fridays (details to follow)
• Place: To be announced

Office Hours:

• To be announced

Required Text:

• Bernard Rosner. Fundamentals of Biostatistics (sixth edition). Duxbury, 2006.

References:

• Douglas Altman. Practical Statistics for Medical Research. Chapman & Hall/CRC, 1991
• Marcello Pagano and Kimberlee Gauvreau. Principles of Biostatistics (second edition). Duxbury, 2000.
• Larry Gonick and Woollcott Smith. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics.

Student work:

• Homework will be assigned during each Tuesday lecture and will be due in at the beginning of the following Tuesday lecture.
• Quiz (October 21)
• Two exams (October 23, December 4)
• Project

Course page:
http://www.columbia.edu/~yc632/p6104/