Instructor - Jeff Solka, 540-653-1982 (D), (540)-371-3961 (N), 540-809-9799
(Cell), (540)-993-4357 (PW), (540)-993-1991 (Fairfax) jlsolka@gmail.com
Office Hours - By Appointment Ocaquan Rm. 312D
Schedule - Tuesday 7:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. in Discovery Hall Room 185
Texts -
Bernard Rosner, Fundamentals of Biostatistics (required)
Bernard Rosner, Study Guide to Fundamentals of Biostatistics (optional)
Peter Dalgaard, Introductory Statistics with R (optional)
Grading - Grades will be based on weekly quizzes, weekly homework assignments, 3 in class open book and notes tests and an 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 3 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.
Lectures
BINF 702 Final Lecture