Biostatistics Course VHM 802 (VHM-8020-2) at AVC - Winter Semester 2024

Welcome to the homepage of VHM 802: Advanced Veterinary Biostatistics, last updated 24/4-2024.

In 2024, the course will again be run in part jointly with VHM 812 (Epidemiology II). Students may take VHM 802 separately (3 credits) or in combination with VHM 812 (taken simultaneously or in a previous year, 2 credits).

Course work and exam

• home assignments (40%; Instructions for home assignments and exam):
  1. Multiple linear regression: Additional exercise 2.9, due 2/2 (only for students not combining VHM 802 with VHM 812),
  2. Multiple logistic regression: Additional exercise 4.4, due 16/2 (only for students not combining VHM 802 with VHM 812),
  3. Multifactorial analysis: Additional exercise 7.7, due 26/2,
  4. Experimental design (and analysis): GO Problem 13.8, due 7/3,
  5. Multivariate analysis I: Multivariate exercise 7, due 18/3,
  6. Multivariate analysis II: Multivariate exercise 11, due 28/3.
• project (30%): outline due: March 14; presentations on April 4; report due: April 7.
• final exam (30%, open book): Monday 22 April, 9am-12pm, AVC 278N. Solution

Schedule
(L/P/R=lecture/lab/review; J/S=joint with VHM 812/separate for VHM 802)

Session	Date	Hours	Room	Topics	Course book
0-LS	Wed 3/1	video		Introduction to the course
1a-LJ	Fri 5/1	9-12	LC	Introduction; Simple linear regression and extensions	VER:14.1-3 (14.8-10)
0-PJ	Mon 8/1	13-15	CL	Introduction to use of Stata in VHM 802/812
1b-LJ	Tue 9/1	13-16	LC	Multiple linear regression	VER:14.1-3,5 (14.8-10)
2a-LJ	Fri 12/1	9-12	LC	Model building for linear regression	VER:14.4,6,7; VER14:1
2-PJ	Mon 15/1	13-16	CL	Linear regression (lab)	VER14:2; add2:2,4,7 (VER14:1; add2:1,3)
2b-LJ	Tue 16/1	13-16	LC	Linear regression diagnostics	VER:14.8-10
3a-LJ	Fri 19/1	9-12	LC	Model building II	VER:14.11; VER:15; VER:30
3b-LJ	Tue 23/1	13-16	LC	Introduction to logistic regression; Prediction for presentation	VER:16.1-5,8; VER14:3
4a-LJ	Fri 26/1	9-12	LC	Inference for logistic regression	VER:16.1-8; VER15
4-PJ	Mon 29/1	13-16	CL	Logistic regression (lab)	VER15; VER16:1; add4:1,3; add2:8,11 (add2:12)
4b-LJ	Tue 30/1	13-16	LC	Model building for logistic regression	VER:16.8-10
5a-LJ	Fri 2/2	9-12	LC	Diagnostics for logistic regression	VER:16.12; VER16:2
5b-LJ	Tue 6/2	13-16	LC	Wrap-up regression; Supplementary topics	VER16:3
6-LS	Thu 8/2	9-11	LC2	Multifactorial design and analysis	GO:3-5,8-9,10.1-2
6-PS	Mon 12/2	13-16	CL		GO:3.2,4.2,5.1,8.1; add7:4 (GO:8.7)
7-LS	Thu 15/2	9-11	LC2	Experimental design; Block designs and special designs	GO:1,13,14.1,16.7
7-PS	Mon 26/2	13-16	CL		add7:2,6; add9:1; GO: Ex 14.4 (add7:5; add9:2; GO: Pb 13.4)
8-LS	Thu 29/2	9-11	LC2	Introduction to multivariate analysis; Matrix algebra and graphical tools	MA:1-3
8-PS	Mon 4/3	13-16	CL		addMV:1,2,3 (exam2003:2; exam2004:3)
9-LS	Thu 7/3	9-11	LC2	Multivariate distance; Multidimensional scaling; Cluster analysis	MA:5,9,11
9-PS	Mon 11/3	13-16	CL		addMV:4,5 (addMV:6; exam2014:3)
10-LS	Thu 14/3	9-11	LC2	Dimension-reduction techniques	MA:6-7
10-PS	Mon 18/3	13-16	CL		addMV:8,9,10 (exam2015:3)
11-LS	Thu 21/3	9-11	LC2	MANOVA and variants; Ordination	MA:4,12
12a-LJ: 1 2	Fri 22/3	9-12	LC2	Introduction to clustered data; Linear mixed models	VER:20+21.1-2,5
11-PS	Mon 25/3	13-16	CL		addMV:12,13; VER20 (addMV:14)
12b-LJ: 1 2	Tue 26/3	13-16	LC2	Clustered generalised linear models	VER:22.1-4+23.5; VER20
13-LS	Thu 28/3	9-11	LC2	Classification; Cluster detection	MA:8; VER:26.3-6
13-PS	Thu 28/3	13-16	CL		addMV:15,16; VER22 (addMV:17)
14-LS	Thu 4/4	9-11	LC2	Project presentations
15-LS	Thu 11/4	9-11	LC2	Course wrap-up	exam2015:1; addMV:13
15-PS	Mon 15/4	13-16	CL		exam2021 (exam2016:1,3; exam2019:2,3)

LC = AVC Learning Commons 280N; LC2 = AVC Learning Commons 278N; CL = Computer Lab (room 218S)

Other information

• Practical info (course aim and organization etc.)
• Exercises and Datasets page
• Minitab/Stata files from lectures and labs
• Assorted media links
• Course syllabus
• Student list
• Textbook for multivariate methods:
  (MA) Manly BFJ, Alberto JAN (2016), Multivariate Statistical Methods: A Primer, 4th ed, Routledge/CRC Press; link to book's supplementary material
• Main textbook for regression:
  (VER) Dohoo IR, Martin SW, Stryhn H, Veterinary Epidemiologic Research, 2nd ed, 2009. VER-Inc, Charlottetown, Canada; Chapters 14-16 (the same chapters of Methods in Epidemiological Research may be used instead); note the list of misprints (Both books are out of print but available for free download at the web-addresses.),
• Main textbook for multifactorial analysis and experimental design
  (GO) Gary Oehlert, A First Course in Design and Analysis of Experiments, 2000. W.H. Freeman, ISBN 716735105 (Out of print, but available for free download at the web-address).
• Course announcement (e-mail 4/12-2023)
• Link to course homepage for Winter Semester 2013
• Link to course homepage for Winter Semester 2014
• Link to course homepage for Winter Semester 2015
• Link to course homepage for Winter Semester 2016
• Link to VHM 802/812 course homepage for Winter Semester 2018
• Link to course homepage for Winter Semester 2019
• Link to VHM 802/812 course homepage for Winter Semester 2020
• Link to course homepage for Winter Semester 2021
• Link to VHM 802/812 course homepage for Winter Semester 2022
• Link to course homepage for Winter Semester 2023

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