/*** This is a non-synchronous online course taught in English. ***/

/*** No auditors will be allowed. ***/

Course: Videos will be uploaded to NTU COOL every Thursday afternoon (starting from Sep. 8). You may listen to the course videos anytime, so it's OK if you still have other courses on Thursday afternoon.

Online office Hour: Should you have any questions, you may register your NTU mail on Microsoft Teams. Here is how: https://www.cc.ntu.edu.tw/chinese/epaper/0053/20200620_5308.html
And then please mail your registered NTU mail to our TA ( r10849044@ntu.edu.tw ). The online office hour will be held every Monday 2 pm – 3 pm. Welcome to join the online discussions and get advice from TA (starting from Sep. 12). Online office Hour is not mandatory (you don't need to participate if you are okay with the lecture).


If you are considering to take the course [Computing in Epidemiology and Biostatistics], please provide your “NTU e-mail address” to TA ( r10849044@ntu.edu.tw ) . We will open a temporary account (valid through Sep. 25) for you to access the course video. To be formally enrolled in this course, you still need to apply from the school system.


In most biostatistics courses, instructors usually introduce theoretical models and then analyze data with statistical software such as SAS and R. However, there is a black box between these two parts. To fill in this gap, we will introduce the numerical computation process involved in statistical models. Students will learn matrix operations, numerical analyses, Monte-Carlo simulations, etc. We will teach how to construct a log-likelihood function according to a statistical distribution, obtain maximum likelihood estimates from logistic regression and Poisson regression, find exact confidence intervals, and design Monte-Carlo simulations for a given research topic etc.