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Kenneth M. Rice
BIOST 578
Seattle Campus

Special Topics in Advanced Biostatistics

Advanced-level topics in biostatistics offered by regular and visiting faculty. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered: jointly with STAT 578; AWSpS.

Class description

Impact of measurement and misclassifcation error in biostatistical inference. Methods for adjustment to take into account this sort of mismeasurement.

Student learning goals

General method of instruction

Lectures + assigned reading

Recommended preparation

570

Class assignments and grading

Implementing adjustments to inference to take account of measurement error, contrasting different approaches to this goal

90%: Term paper, to be presented. There will be no exams 10%: Class participation


The information above is intended to be helpful in choosing courses. Because the instructor may further develop his/her plans for this course, its characteristics are subject to change without notice. In most cases, the official course syllabus will be distributed on the first day of class.
Last Update by Kenneth M. Rice
Date: 02/28/2006