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 Biostatistics 140.623
 Statistical Methods in Public Health III

  Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Date

Class  

Event Lecture Topic Reading   *
Assignment

(optional)

Tues
Jan 19
2016
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1 .

Multiple linear regression (MLR);
Adjusted variable plots;
Linear spline models;
Analysis of Variance revisited
 

516-522
Thurs
Jan 21
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2  

Analysis of Covariance revisited

553-555
Tues
Jan 26
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3 .

MLR: model selection and checking

468-483
Thurs
Jan 28
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4  

MLR example in detail

 
Tues
Feb 2
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5 PS 1
due

Logistic regression (LR) revisited

377-380
628-643
Thurs
Feb 4
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6 Quiz 1

LR example in detail


 
Tues
Feb 9
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7 .

Propensity scores to control for potential confounding

 
Thurs
Feb 11
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8 PS 2
due

Review lecture

 
Tues
Feb 16
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9     MIDTERM EXAMINATION  
Thurs
Feb 18
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10  

Poisson regression for event counts and exposure; person-years

 

 
Tues
Feb 23
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11  

Survival analysis

758-767
 
Thurs
Feb 25
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 12  

Log-rank statistic for comparing survival curves

767-773
Tues
Mar 1
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 13 PS 3
due


 

Proportional hazards regression models (PHR)

774-783
Thurs
Mar 3
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 14 QUIZ 2

PHR example in detail

 
Tues
Mar 8
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 15 PS 4 due

Review Lecture

 
Thurs
Mar 10
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 16  

FINAL EXAMINATION

 

 *  Bernard Rosner, Fundamentals of Biostatistics,  (2012).


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