Theresa (Terri) A. Scott, M.S. Biostatistician III
E-mail: theresa.scott@vanderbilt.edu Phone: (615) 343-1713 Fax: (615) 343-4924 Office: D-2217 Medical Center North (MCN)	Vanderbilt University Department of Biostatistics 1161 21st Ave. South S-2323 Medical Center North Nashville, TN 37232-2158

Popular Recipe: Chicken chili with white beans and chipotles

Background Information

• My Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Areas of Interest

• Data collection
• Data cleaning/checking
• Survey/questionnaire design
• Teaching statistical computing (specifically R) and reproducible research (Sweave and LaTeX)

Education

MS in Biostatistics May 2003
School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, the University of Michigan
BS in Mathematics (Operations Research) May 2001
Carnegie Mellon University

Work Experience

Biostatistician III July 2006 - present
Biostatistician II April 2004 - June 2006
Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University

Research Assistant Spring 2003- Spring 2004
Human Genetics Department, the University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Candace Kammerer, and Dr. Michael Barmada

Computer Skills

Operating Systems: Linux, Macintosh, Windows, UNIX
Statistical Software: R (primary language since summer 2000), S-Plus, SAS, STATA, SPSS, and Minitab
Reporting software/tools: LaTeX and Sweave (mixes text and R/S-Plus code for automatic document generation)

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Current Teaching Material

An Introduction to the Fundamentals & Functionality of the R Programming Language

• Scott.IntroToR.I.pdf: Part I: An Overview
• Scott.IntroToR.I.R: Extracted R code for Part I
• Scott.IntroToR.II.pdf: Part II: The Nuts & Bolts
• Scott.IntroToR.II.R: Extracted R code for Part II
• pbc.xls: Motivating data set
• pbc.csv: Excel file converted to comma-delimited text file
• Feel free to check out my RClinic webpage too!

An Introduction to the 'R Commander': A Basic-Statistics Graphical User Interface (GUI) for R

• How.to.Install.pdf: Instructions for installing R and the R Commander (via the Rcmdr package)
• RCommander.TAScott.handout.pdf: Lecture notes

Reproducible Research with R, LaTeX, & Sweave

• ReproducibleResearch.TAScott.handout.pdf: Lecture notes
• Additional material, including an extended example of a Sweave source file, can be found here

A Brief Introduction to LaTeX

• Intro.to.LaTeX.TAScott.pdf: Lecture notes

An Introduction to Stata

• IntroToStata.TAScott.pdf: Lecture notes
• pbc.dta: Motivating dataset
• pcb.do: Sample Stata session do-file

An Introduction to Microsoft Excel

• (1) The Basics of Microsoft Excel
  • TheBasics.MSExcel.pdf: Lecture notes
  • hrdata.xls: Example MS Excel file
  • sampledata.txt: Example text file
• (2) Formulas & Functions in Microsoft Excel
  • Excel.FnsFrmls.pdf: Lecture notes
  • Data.Collection.N.Entry.TAScott.ppt: Lecture notes covering "Guidelines for Data Collection and Entry"
  • SpreadsheetFromHeaven.pdf: Good spreadsheet example
  • SpreadsheetFromHell.pdf: Bad spreadsheet example
  • Excel.UsefulFns.pdf: Examples of useful Microsoft Excel functions and formula.
• (3) Graphing Charts in Microsoft Excel
  • Excel.GrphngCharts.pdf: Lecture notes
  • ExampleCharts.AND.PracticeExercises.xls: Example charts and data sets for practice exercises
• (4) PivotTable & PivotChart Reports, and Macros in Microsoft Excel
  • PvtTblsNChrts.Macros.pdf: Lecture notes
  • PvtTblsNChrts.Data.xls: Example data sets and pivot table for practice exercises
• Also check out this free valuable training tool: GCRC.VTC.TrainingTool.pdf

Other lectures of interest:

• Biostatistics & Research: Biostat.N.Research.TAScott.handout.pdf
• Biostatistics: Types of Data Analysis: Biostats.DataAnalysis.TAScott.handout.pdf
• How to interpret scientific & statistical graphs: Interpret.Graphs.TAScott.handout.pdf
• Sample Size Planning, Calculation, and Justification: SampleSize.TAScott.handout.pdf
• Guidelines to Data Collection and Data Entry: Vandy.DataEntry.TAScott.handout.pdf
  • Slightly different version for the July 2009 NIH Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars/Fellows Program:
    NIH_FICRS-F.DataEntry.TAScott.handout.pdf
• Questionnaire Design: QuestionnaireDesign.TAScott.handout.pdf
• How to Communicate & Display Your Study (i.e., designing a scientific poster): Communicate.and.Display.TAScott.handout.pdf