9th Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases

Module 1: Probability and Statistical Inference

Mon, July 10 to Wed, July 12
Instructor(s):

This module serves as a foundation for almost all of the later modules. It covers:

  • The laws of probability and the binomial, multinomial, and normal distributions.
  • Descriptive statistics and methods of inference including maximum likelihood, confidence intervals and simple Bayes methods.
  • Classical hypothesis testing topics, including type I and II errors, two-sample tests, chi-square tests and contingency table analysis, and exact and permutation tests.
  • Resampling methods such as the bootstrap and jackknife are covered as well.