Instructor - Jeff Solka, 540-653-1982
(D), (540)-371-3961 (N), 540-809-9799 (Cell), (540)-993-4357 (PW),
jlsolka@gmail.com
Office Hours - By Appointment Ocaquan Rm.
312C
Schedule - Thursdays 4:30 p.m. - 7:10
p.m. in OB Room 327
Texts -
Bernard Rosner, Fundamentals of Biostatistics 6th Edition (required)
Bernard Rosner, Study Guide to Fundamentals of Biostatistics 5th
Edition (optional)
Peter Dalgaard, Introductory Statistics with R (optional)
Grading - Grades will be based on weekly
quizzes, weekly homework assignments, 2 in class open book and notes
tests, 1 take home test, and one open book and notes final exam. Each
of these will contribute to your grade as follows.
Quizzes (5%), Homeworks (30%), Tests (40%), and
Final Exam (25%)
The two lowest quiz grades and the two lowest homework grades
will be dropped.
A subset of the total homework assignment will be graded each week.
Solutions to the homework assignments will be provided each week.
Homeworks will not be accepted late since the 2 lowest homework grades
are being dropped.
Grading will be on the standard 10 point college scale. 90-100 (A),
80-90 (B), 70-80 (C), 60-70 (D), below 60 F. Grades will be adjusted
with +/- consistent with George Mason University Policies.
Homework Problems
2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.31,
2.32, 2.33
3.14, 3.18, 3.21, 3.49, 3.50, 3.52, 3.76, 3.77, 3.78, 3.94, 3.95, 3.96, 3.97, 3.109, 3.109
4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.15, 4.17, 4.23, 4.26, 4.37, 4.42, 4.43, 4.63, 4.64, 4.65, 4.93
5.1, 5.3, 5.7, 5.20, 5.23, 5.25, 5.30, 5.72, 5.77, 5.78, 5.79
6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.16, 6.20, 6.22, 6.26, 6.29, 6.32, 6.33, 6.35, 6.36, 6.44, 6.45, 6.46
7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, 7.13, 7.14, 7.19, 7.20, 7.23, 7.29, 7.30, 7.31, 7.51, 7.52, 7.53, 7.54, 7.55, 7.56, 7.73, 7.74, 7.75
8.1, 8.2, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 8.13, 8.14, 8.25, 8.26, 8.27, 8.28, 8.59, 8.60, 8.61, 8.62, 8.63
9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11, 9.12
The above are subject to revision.