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CHAPTER 1 Epid <strong>766</strong>, D. Zhang<br />

S 2b0<br />

Summary statistics <strong>from</strong> stage 1:<br />

Parameter mean SE t P[T ≥ |t|]<br />

� b0 221 3 75 < .0001<br />

� b1 2.55 0.257 10 < .0001 �corr( � b0, � b1) = −0.27<br />

Note:<br />

= 1738, S 2b1<br />

= 13.2.<br />

1. Similar to the blood pressure example, we can use the sample means<br />

<strong>of</strong> � b0 and � b1 to estimate the means <strong>of</strong> b0 and b1. Hence we can use<br />

sample mean <strong>of</strong> � b1 (2.55) its SE (0.257) to answer the first objective<br />

<strong>of</strong> this study.<br />

2. However, since var( � bi0) and var( � bi1) contain variability due to<br />

estimating the true baseline response bi0 and change rate bi1 for<br />

individual i, so<br />

var( � bi0) > var(bi0), var( � bi1) > var(bi1).<br />

Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology Slide 36

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