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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 24
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1 .

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

564-573
Thurs
Jan 26
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2  

Analysis of Covariance revisited

589-593
Tues
Jan 31
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3 .

MLR: model selection and checking

510-538
Thurs
Feb 2
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4  

MLR example in detail

 
Tues
Feb 7
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5 PS 1
due

Logistic regression (LR) revisited

651-689
Thurs
Feb 9
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6 Quiz 1

LR example in detail


 
Tues
Feb 14
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7 .

Propensity scores to control for potential confounding

 
Thurs
Feb 16
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8 PS 2
due

Review lecture

 
Tues
Feb 21
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9     MIDTERM EXAMINATION  
Thurs
Feb 23
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10  

Survival analysis revisited
 

781-789
Tues
Feb 28
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11  

Log-rank statistic for comparing survival curves

790-797
 
Thurs
Mar 1
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 12 PS 3 due

Poisson regression for event counts and exposure; person-years

744-746
Tues
Mar 6
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 13 QUIZ 2
 

Proportional hazards regression models (PHR)

797-812
Thurs
Mar 8
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 14  

PHR example in detail

 
Tues
Mar 13
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 15 PS 4 due

Review Lecture

 
Thurs
Mar 15
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 16  

FINAL EXAMINATION

 

 *  Bernard Rosner, Fundamentals of Biostatistics,  (2006).


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