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               *** Biostat/Epi 537 -- Winter Quarter 2009 ***
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***Week 1 ***

  Tu 06 Jan 2009 -- Introduction to survival and longitudinal data
                    (lecture notes pp. 1--34).

  Th 08 Jan 2009 -- Statistical Summaries / Kaplan-Meier
                    (lecture notes pp. 35--72).


***Week 2 ***

  Tu 13 Jan 2009 -- Survival / Hazard estimation
                    (lecture notes pp. 73--101).
                    
  Th 15 Jan 2009 -- EXERCISE #1 Due Today (EXERCISE #2 out )
                    (lecture notes pp. 101--141).                    


***Week 3 ***

  Tu 20 Jan 2009 -- Log Rank and related tests
                    (lecture notes pp. 141--166).     


  Th 22 Jan 2009 -- EXERCISE #2 Due Today (EXERCISE #3 out )
                    (lecture notes pp. 167--201).           


***Week 4 ***

  Tu 27 Jan 2009 --  Cox regression 
                    (lecture notes pp. 202--249).           


  Th 29 Jan 2009 -- EXERCISE #3 Due Today (EXERCISE #4 out )
                    (lecture notes pp. 250--264).      


***Week 5 ***

  Tu 03 Feb 2009 -- QUIZ #1 
                    (lecture notes pp. 265--288).      
                   

  Th 05 Feb 2009 -- EXERCISE #4 Due Today (take-home out)
                    (lecture notes pp. 289--319).      


***Week 6 ***

  Tu 10 Feb 2009 -- Left Truncation
                    (lecture notes pp. 320--327).                          

  Th 12 Feb 2009 -- TAKE-HOME MIDTERM EXAM DUE TODAY (EXERCISE #5 out)
                    (lecture notes pp. 327--391 skipping 372-379).
                    

***Week 7 ***

  Tu 17 Feb 2009 -- Time-dependent Covariates
                    (lecture notes pp. 391--422).
                    

  Th 19 Feb 2009 -- EXERCISE #5 Due Today (EXERCISE #6 out )
                    (lecture notes pp. 422--445).


***Week 8 ***

  Tu 24 Feb 2009 -- Model specification / Prediction
                    (lecture notes pp. 445--498).                    


  Th 26 Feb 2009 -- EXERCISE #6 Due Today (EXERCISE #7 out )
                    (lecture notes pp. 499--532).                    


***Week 9 ***

  Tu 03 Mar 2009 -- QUIZ #2  /  Accuracy / Alt. Designs
                    (lecture notes pp. 533--543).        


  Th 05 Mar 2009 -- EXERCISE #7 Due Today (EXERCISE #8 out )
                    (lecture notes pp. 544--586).                            


***Week 10***

  Tu 10 Mar 2009 -- Poisson regression                    
                    (lecture notes pp. 587--614, 632-644).            


  Th 12 Mar 2009 -- EXERCISE #8 Due Today 
                    (lecture notes pp. 615--631, 645--686).