2010 Biostat 510 Homework Assignments and the accompanying data sets can be found here:

Homework 1 Due Tuesday, January 19th.

  • homework1_2010.doc This homework assignment asks you to import the Excel files for the in-class data from each group, and combine them to make a single data set. You also get some simple descriptive statistics.
  • homework1_2010_key.doc

  • BIOS 510 Grp1 data.xlsx Group 1 Excel file.
  • BIOSTAT510 Group2 HR_Running Data.xlsx Group 2 Excel file.
  • Biostat 510 Group 3 Dataset.xlsx Group 3 Excel file.
  • Group4Data.xls Group 4 Excel file.
  • b510_group5.xls Group 5 Excel file.
  • BIOSTAT 510 Group 6 Data 1-7-10.xlsx Group 6 Excel file.

  • Homework 2 Due Tuesday, January 26th.

  • homework2_2010.doc This homework assignment asks you to modify the SAS dataset that you created for homework 1, import a new SAS dataset from the Excel file from Jan 19th's class, and merge the two datasets.
  • homework2_2010_key.doc

  • allgroups.sas7bdat The SAS dataset you will need for homework 2. Save it into your B510 folder, and be sure to submit a correct libname statement, so you can use it in SAS properly.
  • 510data.xls The SAS Excel file you will need for homework 2. Save it into your B510 folder, and import it using the SAS Import Wizard. Be sure to save your commands for importing this dataset, as instructed in the homework.

  • Homework 3 Due Thursday, February 4th.

  • homework3_2010.doc This homework assignment asks you to use three permanent SAS datasets from the Tecumseh Community Health Study. These datasets are from a longitudinal community study and represent data for adults collected in Round 1, Round 2, and Round 3 of data collection. The same participants were included in all these datasets, however, there was some dropout due to attrition over time.

    You are asked to stack the datasets, and then to match-merge the datasets by ID. You will also create some new variables using recodes and transformations.

  • homework3_2010_key.doc

  • wave1.sas7bdat The wave 1 SAS dataset from the Tecumseh Study. Save it to your B510 folder, and be sure to submit a correct libname statement, so you can use it in SAS properly.
  • wave2.sas7bdat The wave 2 SAS dataset from the Tecumseh Study. Save it to your B510 folder.
  • wave3.sas7bdat The wave 3 SAS dataset from the Tecumseh Study. Save it to your B510 folder.

  • Homework 4 Due Thursday, February 11th.

  • homework4_2010.doc This homework assignment uses the allgroups.sas7bdat permanent SAS datasets from our first homework assignment. You are asked to get descriptive statistics for those who Ran and those who did not Run, get boxplots for heartrate1 and heartrate2 for these same groups, and calculate independent samples t-tests, paired t-tests and one-sample t-tests.
  • homework4_2010_key.doc

  • allgroups.sas7bdat The SAS dataset to use with homework 4. Save it to your B510 folder, and be sure to submit a correct libname statement in SAS so that you can use the dataset properly.

  • REVISED Homework 5 Due Thursday, February 18th.

  • revised_homework5_2010.doc REVISED VERSION. This homework assignment uses the afifi.dat raw data, which you will read into SAS and create a permanent SAS dataset. You will carry out several simple linear regressions, and some multiple regressions. You will check the multiple regression for collinearity.
  • homework5_2010_key.doc

  • AFIFI.DAT The raw data to use with homework 5.

  • Revised Homework 6 Due Thursday, February 25th.

  • revised_homework6_2010.doc REVISED VERSION. This homework assignment uses the afifi.sas7bdat permanent SAS dataset, which you created in homework 5. You will fit a linear regression model with dummy variables as predictors, fit an ANOVA model, and an ANCOVA model with interactions, and fit separate linear regression models.
  • homework6_2010_key.doc

  • afifi.sas7bdat The permanent SAS dataset to use with homework 6.

  • Homework 7 REVISED DUE DATE Tuesday, March 23rd.

  • new_revised_homework7_2010.doc This homework assignment uses the permanent SAS dataset, afifi2.sas7bdat, that was created in the last homework problem set. In this problem set, you will create some new categorical variables and formats to display the variables. You will use Proc Freq in SAS to create frequency tabultations and cross-tabs, and fit some logistic regression models. (Note: the due date is now Tuesday, March 23rd. Note changes to homework questions 2b and 4, which are highlighted.)
  • homework7_2010_key.doc

  • afifi2.sas7bdat The SAS dataset to use with homework 7.

  • Revised Homework 8 Due Tuesday, March 30th.

  • revised_homework8_2010.doc This homework assignment asks you to import the Excel files for the in-class data from each group, and combine them to make a single SPSS data set. You also get some simple descriptive statistics and carry out t-tests.
  • homework8_2010_key.doc

  • group1.xls Group 1 Excel file.
  • group2.xls Group 2 Excel file.
  • group3.xls Group 3 Excel file.
  • group4.xls Group 4 Excel file.
  • group5.xls Group 5 Excel file.
  • group6.xls Group 6 Excel file.

  • Homework 9 Due Thursday, April 8, 2010.

  • homework9_2010.doc This homework assignment asks you to read in the afifi.dat raw data to create an SPSS dataset, then you will fit a simple linear regression model, multiple regression model and check for collinearity, a dummy variable regression model, and a oneway anova model.
  • homework9_2010_key.doc

  • AFIFI.DAT The raw data to use with homework 9.