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PubHlth 540 - Fall 2009
Introduction to Biostatistics
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
UMass Amherst
Instructor: Carol Bigelow


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Bernoulli and Binomial Distribution
(1) PubHlth 540 2009, (2) additional reading, (3) illustrative applets, (4) calculators (5) computer illustrations.


(1) PubHlth 540 - 2009
  
Lecture Notes
 (pdf, 19 pp)
Text (Kirkwood and Sterne) chapter 15, pp 138-143
  
Practice Problems
 (pdf, 1 pp)
Solutions
 (pdf, 6 pp)
Practice Quiz - Problems
 (pdf, 1 pp)
Practice Quiz - Solutions
 (pdf, 4 pp)
NEW!! 11-8-2009 Detail of page 18 of lecture notes
 (pdf, 2 pp)


(2) Additional Reading
  
(Source:  Shodor Education Foundation) - Expected Value
(html)
(Source:  UCLA SOCRE AP Statistics Curriculum) - Expectation: Mean and Variance
(html)
(Source: The Math Forum at Drexel) Permutations and Combinations
 (html)
(Source: StatTrek Statistics Tutorial) Binomial Distribution
 (html)
VIDEO --(Source: David Harper at Informed Trades) Binomial Distribution
 (html)


(3) Illustrative Applets
  
(Source: Vassar Stats) Applet for Understanding Binomial Sampling
(html)
 
 
   
   

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(4) Calculators
  
(Source: VassarStats) Binomial Probabilities Calculator
(html)
(Source: Texas A&M University) Binomial Probabilities Calculator
(html)
(Source: onlinestat.com) Binomial Probabilities Calculator
(html)
new 11-1-09 (Source: Idomaths.com) Permutations and Combinations
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(5) Computer Illustrationss
  
SAS
(Source: SAS, by Vince Melfie) Calculation of Probabilties
(pdf, 5 pp)
 
 

 

 
 

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