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PHC 7055
Biostatistical Computing
This course provides a broad foundation in modern biostatistical computing methods relevant to public health research. It prepares Ph.D. students with advanced computing skills for dissertation research. Topics include algorithms in matrix algebra, Newton Raphson, Fishers scoring, the EM algorithm, bootstrap, random number generation, Monte Carlo Markov Chain, and data augmentation.
Units: 3.0
Prerequisites:
PHC 7058 - Biostatistical Inference II
and
STA 6447 - Probability Theory II