University of South Carolina

Department of Statistics

STAT 772 [BIOS 850] - Binary Dose Response Theory and Methods

Description:

Binary Dose Response Theory and Methods. (3) (Prereq: STAT 512) Threshold, mass action, and target theory; empirical dose response functions; methods in current use among health science researchers.

Current Textbook:

Drane J W (2000). Binary Dose Response Theory and Methods.

Topics:

I. Definitions
II. Threshold Theory
III. Laws of Mass Action
IV. Target or Hit Theory
V. Theory of Epidemeology
VI. Ad Hoc and Popular Binary Response Models
VII. Biological Repair

Note: Each student is required to carry out a project during the semester and present it during the last week of classes. The project should result in a paper suitable for presentation  at a regional or national meeting of  biostatisticians.

Contact Faculty: J. Wanzer Drane

(Last Updated: May 10, 2000)

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