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News autumn 2009 (will be upadted throughout the course)

• Textbook: Bernard Rosner, FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOSTATISTICS, 6th Edition, 2005
• Course commence: Thursday, Oct 01, 10.15-12.00, MH:309A, Mathematics building (MH), Sölvegatan 18, further details see the schedule link below.
• Written exam: Wednesday, Oct 28, 10.00-15.00, MH:362D, MH:309A
• Schedule
• Work load: 4 Computer lab submissions (5pts each), 3 Homeworks (5pts each), Computer project (10pts), Final Exam (55pts)
• Total maximum score: 100pts, the highest grade requires at least 85pts, the score below 50pts is not passing
• For information on the ECTS grading scale see this document

Teacher

Lecturer and class tutor: Nader Tajvidi, phone 046-2229612, nader@maths.lth.se, MH:318.

Literature

Bernard Rosner, FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOSTATISTICS, 6th Edition, 2005

See Google books for more information on the book

Some useful links

• R
  • Datasets for the computer assignments
  • Collection of formulas and tables: pdf, ps
  • R Project
  • Frequently Asked Questions on R
• Numerical calculations
  • Numerical Recipes
  • Netlib Repository at UTK and ORNL
• ESS
  • ESS : Emacs Speaks Statistics
• Help for different packages at MC