| Date |
Class |
Event |
Lecture Topic |
Reading
*
Assignment
(optional) |
|
Tues
Jan 22

|
1 |
. |
Multiple linear regression (MLR);
Adjusted variable plots;
Linear spline models;
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) |
428 - 440
|
Thurs
Jan 24

|
2 |
|
Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) |
442 - 446,
473 - 481
|
Tues
Jan 29
 |
3 |
. |
Inference for MLR;
model selection and checking |
|
Thurs
Jan 31

|
4 |
|
MLR example in detail |
|
Tues
Feb 5
 |
5 |
PS 1
due |
Introduction to logistic regression (LR) |
567 - 569,
550 - 557,
561 - 563 |
Thurs
Feb 7
 |
6 |
Quiz 1 |
LR example in detail |
|
Tues
Feb 12
 |
7 |
. |
Propensity scores to control for
potential confounding |
447 - 455 |
Thurs
Feb 14
 |
8 |
PS 2
due |
Review lecture |
|
Tues
Feb 19
 |
9 |
|
MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
|
Thurs
Feb 21
 |
10 |
|
Introduction to survival
analysis
|
661 - 671 |
Tues
Feb 26
 |
11 |
|
Kaplan-Meier estimate of survival curves;
Log-rank statistic |
672 - 679
|
Thurs
Feb 28
 |
12 |
PS 3 due |
Poisson regression;
Person-years |
|
Tues
Mar 4
 |
13 |
QUIZ 2
|
Proportional hazards regression models
(PHR)
|
679 - 693 |
Thurs
Mar 6
 |
14 |
|
PHR example in detail |
|
Tues
Mar 11
 |
15 |
PS 4 due |
Review Lecture |
|
Thurs
Mar 13

|
16 |
|
FINAL EXAMINATION |
|
* Bernard Rosner, Fundamentals of
Biostatistics, (2006).
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