UMD Biostatistics 2026: Schedule

Week 1: Foundations

01 - Getting Started

02 - Wrangling Your Data


Week 2: Description & Visualization

🏫 Campus Holiday — no class this session

03 - Describing Your Data


Week 3: Visualization & Probability

04 - Graphing Effectively

05 - Probability and Inference I


Week 4: Comparing Two Groups

06 - T-Tests: One, Two, Paired

07 - Non-Parametric T-Tests


Week 5: Power & Study Design

08 - Power and Type I and II Error

09 - Study Design and Sampling


Week 6: Correlation & Regression

10 - Correlation vs Linear Models


Week 7: Multiple Regression

11 - Multiple Regression


Week 8: Analysis of Variance

12 - Analysis of Variance


Week 9: Factorial & Nested ANOVA

13 - Two-Way ANOVA

14 - Nested ANOVA


Week 10: Linear Mixed Models

15 - Linear Mixed Models


Week 11: Generalized Linear Models

16 - GLM and Logistic Regression


Week 12: Analysis of Covariance

17 - ANCOVA - Analysis of Covariance


Week 13: Multivariate Statistics

18 - Multivariate Statistics


Week 14: Principal Component Analysis

19 - Principal Component Analysis


Week 15: Ordination & Clustering

20 - NMDS and Cluster Analysis


Week 16

🏫 Final Exam Week — no final exam