SDS 3110
BIOSTATISTICS
A second course in elementary statistics with applications to life sciences and medicine. Review of basic statistics using biological and medical examples. New topics include incidence and prevalence, medical diagnosis, sensitivity and specificity, Bayes' rule, decision making, maximum likelihood, logistic regression, ROC curves and survival analysis. Prerequisite: CSE 131 or 200; Math/SDS 3200, Math/SDS 3211, or a strong performance in Math/SDS (with permission of the instructor).
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I took Dr. Wickerhauser for Biostats and it was one of the best classes I've taken at WashU. He gives clear explanations and if you don't want to show up there's a zoom/zoom recording. Homework isn't that bad, it's just weekly. Take-home exams and a final project that you can work on with a partner.
9/6/2024
Provides no textbook or other resources to study from. Presentations on topics are just 2-3 examples with no answers and recordings are illegible. No way to self-study and changes to office hours and the midterm format will not be announced online or the syllabus, so make sure you hear every second of this course to catch important announcements
4/5/2022
Class info was extremely inaccessible throughout the semester. Many changes were made to the class format without updating the syllabus, class schedule, or making announcements (in person or on canvas). Her class is extremely disorganized and her canvas doesn't give you any accurate information, yet she won't update, remove, or change it.
3/9/2022
A terrible teacher who cannot explain things clearly. Her handwritting is so light that hard to read. Has no structure at all. you can't even self learning because the ppt and notes are useless. Avoid her at any cost
3/2/2022
She's genuinely the worst, least engaging professor I've had at this college. She has no talent as a teacher, her explanations are unclear, and she is easily frazzled by student questions. She races through material and appears upset when no one understands. She also made rather extreme changes to the syllabus in the middle of the course.
2/28/2022
Evidently his 100-level classes are taught at an inappropriate level, but he was great (and very reasonable) in 322 as well as some guest lectures he did in 400 levels I took. He taught some of the more complex ideas behind the actual statistical applications, but tested mainly on applications and strictly what what was covered in class
9/14/2016
Brilliant mathematician, and extremely interested, nice, and helpful professor.
11/19/2007