PubHlth 540 - Fall 2009
Introduction to Biostatistics
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
UMass Amherst
 

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

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(1) PubHlth 540 - 2009
 
Lecture Notes
(pdf, 33 pp)
Practice Problems
(pdf, 1 pp)
Practice Problem - Solutions
(pdf, 2 pp)
Unit Practice Quiz
(pdf, 1 pp)
Unit Practice Quiz - Solutions
(pdf, 4 pp)


(2) Additional Reading
 
(Source: socialresearchmethods.net) Statistical Terms in Sampling
(html)
(Source: StatTrek Statistics Tutorial) Simple Random Sampling
(html)
(Source: Wadsworth Cengage Learning) Sampling Distribution - 26 slides
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(3) Illustrative Applets
 
(Source: P. B. Stark, Berkeley) Sampling Distribution of sum, mean, variance, and the chi square statistic
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(4) Calculators
 
(Source:  Jesse Rankin, University of California) Simple Random Sample Generator
(html)
 
 
 
   

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(5) Computer Illustrations
 
SAS
(Source:  UCLA Academic Technology Services) PROC SURVEYSELECT - How to do simple random sampling with or without replacement
(html)
Stata
(Source:  UCLA Academic Technology Services) BSAMPLE and SAMPLE - How to do simple random sampling with or without replacement
(html)
 

 

 

 

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