BIOST/STAT111, Spring 2008
Lectures in Applied Statistics

INSTRUCTOR:

Lurdes Y.T. Inoue, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Biostatistics

University of Washington

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Office Hours: Wed 2:30-3:30pm (or by appointment)

Office: HSB F-657

Phone: (206)616-6398

E-mail: linoue at u dot washington dot edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

BIOST/STAT111 is a one-credit (C/NC) lecture series designed to introduce undergraduate students to careers in Biostatistics and Statistics. Selected topics will be presented by faculty Biostatisticians, Statisticians and Research Scientists. Some will lead you in activities designed to teach biostatistical or statistical concepts. Others will describe a research area where they have worked to solve a scientific or other problem. The lectures are intended to provide an overview of the varied nature of the field.

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the course students should be able to list, describe and discuss current issues and approaches to research and practice in Biostatistics/Statistics.

COURSE GRADING:

There are ten lectures/sessions of BIOST/STAT111. To receive credit, the student must attend at least nine of these sessions and satisfactorily complete a quiz for each of these lectures.

QUIZ:

An online quiz containing questions about the lecture will be posted on the course webpage after the class. Students will have one week to submit their answers to receive credit for that lecture.

COURSE WEBSITE:

Lecture handout materials will be available in the course webpage at:

http://courses.washington.edu/b111/

(Note: You need a valid UW username/password to access the course website.)

CLASS MEETING TIMES:

Wed 1:30pm – 2:20pm, HSB T639

SCHEDULE	SPEAKER & LECTURE NOTES	QUIZ
Week 01 April 02	Basic Questions of Biostatistics Gerald van Belle, PhD Professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences and Biostatistics	Quiz 01
Week 02 April 09	Ecological Inference, Simpson's Paradox, Confounding and Randomization Jon Wakefield, PhD Professor, Statistics and Biostatistics	Quiz 02
Week 03 April 16	How the Most Persuasive Statistical Analyses Persuade Fred Bookstein, PhD Professor, Statistics and Psychiatry Professor of Morphometrics, University of Vienna	Quiz 03
Week 04 April 23	Using statistical models to stop pandemic flu Ira Longini, PhD Professor, Biostatistics Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Quiz 04
Week 05 April 30	Networks and HIV Martina Morris, PhD Professor, Statistics and Sociology Director, UWCFAR Sociobehavioral and Prevention Research Core	Quiz 05
Week 06 May 07	Aspects of genetics and genomics in cancer research Li Hsu, PhD Affiliate Professor, Biostatistics Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Quiz 06
Week 07 May 14	Screening for cancer: Is it always a good thing? Ruth Etzioni, PhD Affiliate Professor, Biostatistics and Health Services Research Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Quiz 07
Week 08 May 21	Partners in Prevention (abstract) Jim Hughes, PhD Professor, Biostatistics Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Quiz 08
Week 09 May 28	Evidence-Based Medicine and Biostatistics Bryan Leroux, PhD Associate Professor, Biostatistics and Dental Public Health	Quiz 09
Week 10 June 04	The Art of Statistics David Yanez, PhD Associate Professor, Biostatistics Graduate Program Director	Quiz 10

Keys to Quizzes (Click here)

POLICIES:

We encourage all students to actively participate in the lecture and to commit to showing respect to each other during lectures by avoiding behaviors that might be offensive or distracting to others in the room or to the speaker. With that in mind:

• Plan to arrive on time (before the lecture begins).

• Plan to attend the lecture until the end of the talk.

• Avoid conversations with classmates when the speaker is presenting his/her work.

• Turn off all cell phones or set them to vibrate before lecture begins.

REGISTRATION: If you have questions regarding registration for Biost/Stat111/Spring 2008, please, contact Alexandra MacKenzie at alexam at u dot washington dot edu.

ACADEMIC ACCOMODATIONS: To request academic accommodations due to disability, please contact Disabled Student Services, 448 Schmitz, (206) 543-8924(V/TTY). If you have a letter from Disabled Student Services indicating that you have a disability that requires academic accommodations, please present the letter to me so that we can discuss the accommodations you might need in this class.

Contact the instructor at: linoue at u dot washington dot edu