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Mathematical background for biostatistics

  • EPM5002
  • Alfred Hospital First semester 2013 (Off-campus)
  • 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL
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Core topics in algebra and analysis, including polynomial and simultaneous equations, graphs, concepts of limits, continuity and series approximations, including Taylor series expansions. Calculus is used to describe techniques of integration and differentiation of vector expressions. Study of probability, concepts of probability laws, random variables, expectation and distributions. Essential topics in matrix algebra relevant to biostatistical methods. Essential numerical methods, including Newton-Raphson method for solution of simultaneous equations and concepts of numerical integration. -- Course Website

Instructor: Professor Gary Glonek



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