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               *** Biostat 540   --   Spring Quarter 2007 ***
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***Week 1 ***

  Tu 27 Mar 2007 -- Introduction to longitudinal data
                    (lecture notes pp. 1--19)

  Th 29 Mar 2007 -- Intro Correlation & Weighting / LMM 
                    (lecture notes pp. 20--36)


***Week 2 ***

  Tu 03 Apr 2007 -- Intro LMM
                    (lecture notes pp. 36--54)
                    

  Th 05 Apr 2007 -- Linear Mixed Model with STATA
                    (lecture notes pp. 55--91)
                    

***Week 3 ***

  Tu 10 Apr 2007 -- LMM with STATA and stat methods
                    (lecture notes pp. 92--142)                    
                    
                    
  Th 12 Apr 2007 -- LMM methods                    
                    (lecture notes pp. 143--171) 

***Week 4 ***

  Tu 17 Apr 2007 -- LMM SAS / Mean Models                    
                    (lecture notes pp. 172--181, GEE Example in STATA) 
                    

  Th 19 Apr 2007 -- Mean Models
                    (lecture notes pp. 182--207)
                    
                    

***Week 5 ***

  Tu 24 Apr 2007 -- Mean Models
                    (lecture notes pp. 208--240)
                    
                    
  Th 26 Apr 2007 -- MIDTERM OUT; Mean Models                   
                    (lecture notes pp. 241--281)
                    
                    

***Week 6 ***

  Tu 01 May 2007 -- GEE
                    (lecture notes pp. 282--318)
                    

  Th 03 May 2007 -- GEE
                    (lecture notes pp. 319--354)
                    


***Week 7 ***

  Tu 08 May 2007 -- MIDTERM EXAM DUE; GEE / Missing Data
                    (lecture notes pp. 355--388)
                    

  Th 10 May 2007 -- Missing Data
                    (lecture notes pp. 389--425)
                    

***Week 8 ***

  Tu 15 May 2007 -- Missing Data / Generalized Linear Mixed Models
                    (lecture notes pp. 426--455)
                   
                    
  Th 17 May 2007 -- NO LECTURE
                    
                    

***Week 9 ***

  Tu 22 May 2007 -- Generalized Linear Mixed Models
                    (lecture notes pp. 456--486)
                    
                    
  Th 24 May 2007 -- GLMM / Multilevel
                    (lecture notes pp. 487--508)                    



***Week 10***

  Tu 29 May 2007 -- FINAL OUT / Multilevel
                    (lecture notes pp. 509--539)
                    

  Th 31 May 2007 -- Time-dependent Covariates
                    (lecture notes pp. 540--600)
                    



FINAL EXAM DUE == 7 June 2007