College of Public Health


BSE 5653 Nonparametric Methods - Fall 2012       3-3 hrs.

Prerequisites: BSE 5013; BSE 5163; one of the following: BSE 5173 or BSE 5643 or BSE 5663 Modern techniques of nonparametric analysis applied to single and multiple samples, including approaches based on signed- and ranked-transformed data and on permutation tests. Discussion of exact results and large sample approximations. Nonparametric analysis of categorical data summarized in contingency tables. Nonparametric bootstrapping. Introduction to robust regression. Analysis of qualitative data as it applies to experimental design in biology and medicine. Discussion of the binomial and chi square tests as well as rank based and distribution free methods to the k-sample case and nonparametric measures of correlation and association. Analysis of variance of ranked data is included.


Dates Sec. Class Days Times Instructor Location
08/20/2012 - 12/14/2012 001 - Lecture
Traditional
16518 M 12:00 P.M
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3:00 P.M
Ding,Kai College Of Health Building - 0337