BBR

Frank E Harrell Jr	Course web site: `hbiostat.org/bbr`
James C Slaughter	`R` code in text
Department of Biostatistics	Glossary of statistical terms
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine	Datamethods discussion forum
`f.harrell@vumc.org`	Blog `@f2harrell` `#bbrcourse`
`james.c.slaughter@vumc.org`	Resources for clinical researchers
	Statistical papers written for clinical researchers
	Study questions

Chapter	Topic	Chapter	Topic
1	R	12	Statistical Inference Review
2	Algebra Review	13	Analysis of Covariance in RCTs
3	General Overview of Biostatistics	14	Transformations and Change
4	Descriptive Statistics, Distributions, and Graphics	15	Serial Data
5	Statistical Inference	16	Observer Variability
6	Comparing Proportions	17	Observational Studies
7	Nonparametric Tests	18	Information Loss
8	Correlation	19	Diagnosis
9	R `rms` package	20	High-Dimensional Data
10	Simple and Multiple Linear Regression	21	Reproducible Research
11	Multiple Groups	22	Controlling α vs. Decision Probability

Note: For chapters not yet hyperlinked, view them in the master pdf document

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Blue symbols in the right margin starting with ABD designate section numbers (and occasionally page numbers preceeded by \(p\)) in The Analysis of Biological Data, Second Edition by MC Whitlock and D Schluter, Greenwood Village CO, Roberts and Company, 2015.
Right blue symbols starting with RMS designate section numbers in Regression Modeling Strategies, 2nd ed. by FE Harrell, Springer, 2015.
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YouTube channel BBRcourse for these notes
Discussion board about the overall course
Go directly to a YouTube video for BBR Session n by going to bit.ly/yt-bbrn

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