PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH DESIGN AND SAMPLING THEORY (52710) -- PROF. DAVID ZUCKER -- COURSE MATERIALS

Syllabus: Click here

Handouts

SAS programs and output on permutation tests (24.2.10)
Berkeley Graduate Admissions Data
(17.3.10)
Sensitivity Analysis for Observational Data (17.3.10): Matlab Program, Graph
Observational Study Designs (24.3.10)

Supplements

Sample Simulation Program

Targilim

Targil #1: Question Sheet, Data File
Targil #2
Targil #3
Targil #4
Targil #5
Targil #6

Solutions to Targilim

Targil 1
Targil 2 (question 2)
Targil 3, Part A
Targil 3, Part B
Targil 4, questions 1-4
Targil 4, question 5
Targil 5
Targil 6

Reading Material

R.A. Fisher's Classic Chapter on the Theory of  Randomization - a masterpiece
Pocock - The Justification for Randomized Controlled Trials
Permutation Tests in Clinical Trials
Regression to the Mean in the Normal Case
Chinese Acupuncture Trial*
Handwashing Trial: Main Results Paper,* Design Paper*
How to Do Really Well in Medical Research*
Article by Brown on Crossover Trials*

Proof of Cornfield's Lemma  
Paper by Gastwirth on Application of Cornfield's Lemma in Employment Discrimination Cases
How a Court Accepted an Impossible Explanation
Statisitics in Action
The Tale of Doll

Meditation Trial
Kishon Diver Analysis
Rosenbaum Overview Article on Observational Studies
Checklist for Reporting Observational Studies

Full Derivation of the Variance of the Sample Mean Under Simple Random Sampling Without Replacement
"Statistics in the Trenches"

Notes on Post-Stratification

Notes on Sample Size Calculation Under Stratified Sampling: Notes, Matlab Program, Syntax of fmincon
Notes on "Rho" Paramter in Cluster Sampling

Notes on M_ssing Data
Draft Book Chapter on Sample Size Calculation for Repeated Measures Studies (just for "fun")

* The links marked "*" are links to journal databases. They should work from any on-campus computer.

Sample exam: Click here

Miscellaneous

Must reading for any statistician (and I am serious): Click Here