2009 Biostat 251 Multivariate Biostatistics Homepage

Prerequisite: Satisfactory performance in Biostat 250a and b. Biostat 251 is a mathematical introduction to multivariate statistical methods for biostatistics doctoral students. Doctoral students from statistics, education and psychology have successfully completed the course. This is not applied, nor is it a substitute for Biostat 406. We move very quickly, and we cover many different methods in a quarter.

Pictures of Students Relaxing with Our Textbook.

2009 Course Information.

Lecture Notes. Zipped directory of 23 sets of notes. Password protected. Bring to class! This contains all the notes, including new and slightly better scans of the previously posted 8 files.
Intro Lecture Revision Bayesian Regression Model

2009 Class Schedule

Monday 12noon -- 1pm Room 51-279
Wednesday 12noon -- 1pm Room 51-279
Friday 11am -- 1pm Room 51-279
Midquarter 11am -- 1pm Friday May 15 (Note correct date now) Room 51-279
Final Thursday, June 11, 2009, 8:00am-11:00am Room 51-279

Office Hours

No appointment necessary

Th 9am
F 2pm
Finals Week 11am M, June 8,
Finals Week 1pm T, June 9 (note change)
Finals Week 10am W, June 10 (note addition)

Also by appointment or send an email!


Homework due dates are usually on Wednesdays, with HW1 due April 15.


Useful Links

BSI Data set.

Lab 8: Longitudinal data plots in R

After downloading the data and the code, you should have two .RData extension files. Drag and drop them on your R command window to load them into R. Any questions, let me know.

R commands and files to produce all figures from chapter 2 in my book.

Requires all the data sets and files that follow. 
Robert Weiss			   http://rem.ph.ucla.edu/~rob/
Department of Biostatistics        e-mail: robweiss at ucla.edu
UCLA School of Public Health                FAX: (310) 267-2113
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772 USA            Phone: (310) 206-9626