Biostatistical Methods: Advanced Categorical Data Analysis  

This course focuses on statistical methods for discrete data collected in public health, clinical and biological studies. Lectures topics include proportions and counts, contingency tables, logistic regression models, Poisson regression and log-linear models, models for polytomous data and generalized linear models. Computing techniques, numerical methods, simulation and general implementation of biostatistical analysis techniques with emphasis on data applications. Also listed as Statistics C245A.