DACCOTA Statistical Resources

The Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design Core (BERDC) offers a variety of statistical resources from both our core and other biostatistical cores. 

Newest Releases (3-9-23)

BERDC Resources 

Statistical Modules

Power Analysis Basics

• Power Analysis Basics (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Effect Size Handout

Survival Analysis

• Survival Analysis Module I: A Bird's Eye View (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Assessment
• Survival Analysis Module II: Leaves and Trees (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • R-code
  • SAS-code
  • Assessment 1
  • Assessment 2
• Survival Analysis Module III: Deep Dive (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • R-code
  • SAS-code
  • Assessment 1
  • Assessment 2

Bayesian Analysis

• Bayesian Analysis Module I: A Bird's Eye View (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Assessment
• Bayesian Analysis Module II: Leaves and Trees (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • R-code
  • SAS-code
  • Assessment 1
  • Assessment 2
• Bayesian Analysis Module III: Deep Dive (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • R-code
  • SAS-code
  • Assessment 1
  • Assessment 2

Multivariate Analysis

• Multivariate Analysis Module I: A Bird's Eye View (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • References
  • Assessment
• Multivariate Analysis Module II: Leaves and Trees (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • R-code
  • Assessment 1
  • Assessment 2
• Multivariate Analysis Module III: Deep Dive (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • R-code
  • Assessment

Model Gauntlet

• Running the Statistical Gauntlet in SPSS (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Survey
• Running the Statistical Gauntlet in SAS (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • SAS Code
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Survey
• Running the Statistical Gauntlet in R (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • R Code
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Survey

Linear Regression

• Linear Regression Module I: A Bird's Eye View (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
• Linear Regression Module II: Leaves and Trees (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
• Linear Regression Module III: Deep Dive (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • SAS Code
  • R Code
  • Stata Code
  • Phlebitis Dataset
  • Wings Dataset

Exploratory Data Analysis

• Exploratory Data Analysis Module I: A Bird's Eye View (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
• Exploratory Data Analysis Module II: Leaves and Trees (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
• Exploratory Data Analysis Module III: Deep Dive (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • SAS Code
  • R Code
  • Insular Dataset

Power Analysis in G*Power

• Power Analysis in G*Power
• Power Analysis in G*Power: Introduction (YouTube Video)
• Power Analysis in G*Power: Part 1 (YouTube Video)
• Power Analysis in G*Power: Part 2 (YouTube Video)
• Power Analysis in G*Power: Part 3 (YouTube Video)
• Power Analysis in G*Power: Part 4 (YouTube Video)

Power Analysis in R

• Power Analysis in R
• Power Analysis in R: Introduction (YouTube Video)
• Power Analysis in R: Part 1a (YouTube Video)
• Power Analysis in R: Part 1b (YouTube Video)
• Power Analysis in R: Part 2 (YouTube Video)
• Power Analysis in R: Part 3a (YouTube Video)
• Power Analysis in R: Part 3b (YouTube Video)
• Power Analysis in R: Part 3c (YouTube Video)

Power Analysis in R: GLMMs

• Power Analysis in R with GLMMs
• Power Analysis in R with GLMMs: Introduction (YouTube Video)
• Power Analysis in R with GLMMs: Examples Part 1 (YouTube Video)
• Power Analysis in R with GLMMs: Examples Part 2 (YouTube Video)
  • Example Data

Special Topic Talks

The Statistical Software Toolkit

• The Statistical Software Toolkit (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Summary Handout

Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Everything

• Generalized Linear Mixed Models For Everything (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • SAS Code

Making Magnificently Good Graphs

• Making Magnificently Good Graphs: Introduction (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Survey
• Making Magnificently Good Graphs: R (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Code
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Quiz 1
  • Quiz 2
• Making Magnificently Good Graphs: SAS (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Code
  • Dataset
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Quiz 1
  • Quiz 2
• Making Magnificently Good Graphs: SPSS (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Dataset
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Quiz
  • Software Ranking Guide

Communicating Your Data To Statisticians

• Communicating Your Data To Statisticians (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Survey
  • Questionnaire

Designing an Epidemiological Study

• Designing an Epidemiological Study (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Survey

Statistical Rule to Tape to Your Forehead

• Statistical Rule to Tape to Your Forehead (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Rules List
  • R-code
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Survey

The Wide World of Distributions

• The Wide World of Distributions (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • SAS code
  • R-code
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Survey

Sample Sizes for Cell and Animal Studies

• Sample Sizes for Cell and Animal Studies (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Survey

Getting Your Hands Dirty with Statistics

• Getting Your Hands Dirty With Statistics (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Survey

Making Time for Longitudinal Data

• Making Time for Longitudinal Data (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • R-code
  • SAS-code
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Survey

Frontiers of Statistics

• Frontiers of Statistics (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides

Advanced Power Analysis: Into the Weeds

• Advanced Power Analysis (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • R-code
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Survey

Multilevel Modeling for the Uninitiated

• Multilevel Modeling for the Uninitiated (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • R-code
  • SAS-code
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Survey
  • Dragon1 dataset
  • Dragon2 dataset
  • Dragon3 dataset

A Survival Guide to Data Analysis

• A Survival Guide to Data Analysis (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Survey
  • Questionnaire

What's the Deal with Machine Learning?

• What's the Deal with Machine Learning? (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • R-code
  • Pre-Test
  • Post-Test
  • Survey

Idea Generation for Hypotheses and Experiments

• Idea Generation for Hypotheses and Experiments (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides

An Overview of Bioinformatics

• An Overview of Bioinformatics (YouTube Video)
  • Presentation Slides
  • Bioinformatics Infographic

Short Topic Talks

• Short Topic Talk #1: Developing a Research Training Plan (YouTube Video)
• Short Topic Talk #2: Five Unexpected Ideas to Boost Your Science (YouTube Video)

Animated Videos

Neat Tricks & Clever Quips

• Neat Tricks & Clever Quips #1: Webplotdigitizer (YouTube Video)
• Neat Tricks & Clever Quips #2: Formatting Figures (YouTube Video)
• Neat Tricks & Clever Quips #3: The Power of PowerPoint (YouTube Video)
• Neat Tricks & Clever Quips #4: Simulating Data (YouTube Video)
• Neat Tricks & Clever Quips #5: Searching Scientific Sources (YouTube Video)

Beautiful Demos

• Beautiful Demos One: Statistical Test Decision Tree (YouTube Video)
  • Statistical Test Decision Tree
• Beautiful Demos Two: Enunciating Statistical Assumptions (YouTube Video)
  • R-code
• Beautiful Demos Three: Data that Appear in Pairs (YouTube Video)
  
  • R-code
• Beautiful Demos Four: Viewing Data Clearly the First Time (YouTube Video)
  • R-code
• Beautiful Demos Five: Multiple Linear Regression Made Elegant (YouTube Video)
  • R-code

Bite-sized Statistics

• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 1: Introduction (YouTube Video)
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 2: Definitions (YouTube Video)
  • Assessment
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 3: Hypothesis Testing (YouTube Video)
  • Assessment
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 4: One-sample T-tests (YouTube Video)
  • Assessment
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 5: Two-sample T-tests (YouTube Video)
  • Assessment
  • R-code
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 6: Paired T-tests (YouTube Video)
  • Assessment
  • R-code
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 7: Simple Linear Regression (YouTube Video)
  • Assessment
  • R-code
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 8: Multiple Linear Regression (YouTube Video)
  • Assessment
  • R-code
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 9: Curvilinear Regression (YouTube Video)
  • Assessment
  • R-code
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 10: One-way ANOVA
  • Assessment
  • R-code
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 11: Two-way ANOVA
  • Assessment
  • R-code
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 12: Advanced ANOVA
  • Assessment
  • R-code
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 13: Generalized Linear Models
  • Assessment
  • R-code
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 14: Linear Mixed Models
  • Assessment
  • R-code
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 15: Generalized Linear Mixed Models
  • Assessment
  • R-code
• Bite-sized Statistics Lesson 16: Frequency Analysis
  • Assessment
  • R-code

Other Resources

Exploring R Packages

• Exploring R Packages with a Chipmunk #1: Introduction (YouTube Video)
  • R-code
  • Package dataset
• Exploring R Packages with a Chipmunk #2: Out of the Gate (YouTube Video)
• Exploring R Packages with a Chipmunk #3: Assorted Functions and Datasets (YouTube Video)
• Exploring R Packages with a Chipmunk #4: Interactive Tutorials (YouTube Video)
• Exploring R Packages with a Chipmunk #5: More Learning (YouTube Video)

Python in 10

• Python in 10: Part 1
• Python in 10: Part 2
• Python in 10: Part 3
• Python in 10: Part 4
  • Dataset
• Python in 10: Part 5
  • Dataset
• Python in 10: Part 6
  • Dataset
  • Assessment
• Python in 10: Part 7
  • Datasets
  • Assessment
• Python in 10: Part 8
  • Loblolly Dataset
  • Cancer Dataset
  • Cabbages Dataset
  • Assessment
• Python in 10: Part 9
  • Button Code
  • Assessment
• Python in 10: Part 10
  • Assessment

Introduction to Data Analysis

• Data Analysis in SPSS

External Biostatistical Core Resources

Introduction to Statistics

• University of Minnesota Introduction to Biostatistics
• University of Minnesota Biostats4You
• Southern California CTSI Lunch and Learn

Study Design

• University of Utah CCTS Study Design
• Brown University CTR Seminar Recordings
• Brown University CTR YouTube Channel

Statistical Methods

• University of Utah CCTS Statistical Methods

Various Topics

• University of California DAVIS CTR Resource Library
• University of California San Diego CTR Course Materials
• Boston University CTSI Seminars

Software Resources

• University of California Davis CTR software
• University of California San Diego CTR software