In a two-way contingency table, one is interested in checking the goodness of fit of simple models such as independence, quasi-independence, symmetry, and constant association, and estimating ...

Consider a three-way contingency table with factors A, B, and C. Assume factors A and B are independent for each given level of factor C. Inference procedures concerning the marginal means of the ...

Different approaches exist for compensating for probabilistic linkage error when analysing a two-way contingency table for categorical data, where one variable is ...

What is Fisher's exact test? Fisher’s exact test is a statistical hypothesis test used to assess the association between two binary variables in a contingency table and is particularly useful when ...

Empirical likelihood methods have emerged as a robust, non‐parametric framework for statistical inference that skilfully bypasses the need for strong parametric assumptions. By constructing likelihood ...

Description: Introductory statistical methods, with emphasis on applications in biology. Topics include descriptive statistics, binomial and normal distributions, confidence interval estimation, ...

The course is designed for students without a strong background in Mathematics, e.g. without A level Mathematics, and is suitable for students who wish to learn basic statistical methods for analysing ...