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## Contents

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

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