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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 22
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1 .

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

428 - 440

Thurs
Jan 24
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2  

Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA)

442 - 446,
473 - 481
 
Tues
Jan 29
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3 .

Inference for MLR; 
model selection and checking

 
Thurs
Jan 31
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4  

MLR example in detail

 
Tues
Feb 5
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5 PS 1
due

Introduction to logistic regression (LR)

567 - 569,
550 - 557,
561 - 563
Thurs
Feb 7
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6 Quiz 1

LR example in detail


 
Tues
Feb 12
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7 .

Propensity scores to control for potential confounding

447 - 455
Thurs
Feb 14
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8 PS 2
due

Review lecture

 
Tues
Feb 19
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9     MIDTERM EXAMINATION  
Thurs
Feb 21
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10  

Introduction to survival analysis
 

661 - 671
Tues
Feb 26
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11  

Kaplan-Meier estimate of survival curves;
Log-rank statistic

672 - 679
 
Thurs
Feb 28
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 12 PS 3 due

Poisson regression;
Person-years

 
Tues
Mar 4
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 13 QUIZ 2
 

Proportional hazards regression models (PHR)

679 - 693
Thurs
Mar 6
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 14  

PHR example in detail

 
Tues
Mar 11
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 15 PS 4 due

Review Lecture

 
Thurs
Mar 13
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 16  

FINAL EXAMINATION

 

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


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