ISP 2004 Notes and Announcements

Notes

• Week 1 (no class), Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7-8 (Typhoon and talk, no classes), Week 9.Week 10, Week 11, Week 12-13, Week 14-18.  NEW!
• Tech Reading: Edwards, et. How to read a book.
• Document Reader: Ghostview, Acrobat Reader
• R sample script: Simple random sample, R classroom, Data SummaryNEW!
  
• Stat using EXCEL: (SD and etc), Intro to Basic Stat using EXCEL
  
• The TextBook, SCC 5th Edition, is now reserved in library for 2-hour reading.
  

Problems and Assignments

• Week 5: Ch 2: 2.2, 2.4, 2.10Ch 3: 3.1--3.4, 3.11, 3.18. Ch 4: 4.4, 4.10, 4.30.
Week 6: Ch 5. 5.1, 5.4, 5.10, 5.17;Week 7-8: Typhoon and Talk (no classes)
• Week 9: Ch 6. 6.2, 6.4, 6.12; Ch 7: 7.2, 7.5, 7.6, 7.8, 7.10, 7.17, 7.23
• Week 10-11: Read Ch 9 and Part I Review; Ch 8. 8.3, 8.5, 8.10; Ch 9. 9.7, 9.16, 9.25. Ch 10. 10.5, 10.15, 10.22 
• Week 12-13: Ch 11. 11.3, 11.5, 11.13. Ch 12. 12.3, 12.18, 12.19. Ch 13. 13.1, 13.8, 13.15. Ch 14. 14.1, 14.8, 14.17, 14.20. Ch 15. 15.2, 15.21, 15.24, 15.29.  NEW!
  
• Play  StatGames (mean, median, boxplot) NEW!

Discussion

• Children allergy and pets:
  
• Abstract of Ownby, D.R.(2002). JAMA;  Related articles at JAMA.
• Media reports: Pharmacist.com (Class Discussion), RLRouse Directory, StopGettingSick.com
• Jargons: Glossary, Cohort Studies
• Survey and Polls: Gallup, Kerry vs Bush (CNN, Gallup), Center for survey research@ Academia Sinica
  
• Issues for discussion. Your suggestions are welcome! Think and look for the issues of interest to you or your subject of studies. Together, we can make this course more interesting and productive.
  

Searchers

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