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	Phone	(205) 348-1355
	Email	jleeper@cchs.ua.edu
	Website	http://bama.ua.edu/~jleeper
	Office Hours	By appointment

 

Goal	Attendance	Textbook	Choosing the Correct Statistic
Objectives	Disabilities	Other Text References	Review/Preview
Schedule of Topics	Evaluation	Related Papers	Related Links
SPSS Tutorials		Sample Project 1	Sample Project 2
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Goal

• To assist the student in understanding and using multivariate statistical methods in health-related research.

Objectives

The student will be able to understand when and how to apply the following multivariate statistical techniques and how to interpret the results:
 
• Factorial Analysis of Variance
• Multiple Regression Analysis
• Analysis of Covariance
• General Linear Model
• Logistic Regression
• Log-linear Analysis
• Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance
• Multivariate Analysis of Variance

Attendance

• Class attendance and participation in discussion are expected and encouraged.
• There are no specific penalties for failure to attend or participate.

 
Disabilities

• Students with disabilities are encouraged to register with the Office of Disability Services, 348-4285. Thereafter, you are invited to schedule appointments to see me to discuss accommodations and other special needs.

Evaluation

• Grades will be calculated as follows:
 

Statistical Analysis Report 1	45%
Statistical Analysis Report 2	45%
Class Presentation	10%
Total	100%

Textbook
 

Biostatistics-Eighth Edition Wayne W. Daniel

Other Text References

• Afifi (1990), Computer-Aided Multivariate Analysis
• Daniel (1995), Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences
• Hair (1992), Multivariate Data Analysis with Readings
• Hosmer (1989), Applied Logistic Regression
• Norman & Streiner (1999), PDQ Statistics
• Ott (1992), An Introduction to Statistical Methods and Data Analysis
• Stevens (1992), Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences

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