CLRES 2020: BIOSTATISTICS - University of Pittsburgh

8. Parameter estimation
9. Hypothesis testing
10. Evaluating the regression model
Required Reading:
• Rosner’s Book Chapter 11
Session 17: Power & Sample size calculations
At the conclusion of this lecture, the student will be able to:
Topics:
1. Estimate power and sample size for one and two sample Z test
1. Review type I, type II error and power
2. Power estimation for one-sample Z test
3. Factors affecting power
4. Sample size estimation for one-sample Z test
5. Power and sample size estimation for two-sample Z test
6. Sample-size estimation for desired margin of error
Required Reading:
• Rosner’s Book Chapter 13
Homework assignment 6:
1. Sample size estimation
2. Contingency table analysis
Session 18: Analysis of categorical data (I)
At the conclusion of this lecture, the student will be able to:
Topics:
1. Test equal proportions for one or two groups of binary data
2. Analysis data from contingency tables
3. Analysis matched binary data
4. Measure agreement between two raters
1. One and two sample tests of proportions and CI
2. Power and sample size estimations for proportion tests
3. Chi-square and Fisher’s exact test for contingency tables
4. McNemar’s test for matched binary data
5. Kappa statistic for rater agreement
Required Reading:
• Rosner’s Book Chapter 10
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