140.656.01 - Fourth Term 2009
MULTILEVEL STATISTICAL MODELS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health


REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
READING LIST

 

  List of References from 2003 MLM shortcourse [pdf]
  Two and Three-Level Models for the Analysis of Clustered Binary Data [pdf]
  Neighborhoods and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy, Sampson et al Science (1997), 277[pdf]
  Effect of Neighborhood Social Participation on Individual Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy and Antihypertensive Medication: A Multilevel Analysis,

O'Campo P. American Journal of Epidemiology (2003), 157, 9-13 [pdf]

  Statistical Methods for Profiling Providers of Medical Care: Issues and Applications. Normand S.L. et al Journal of American Statistical Association (1997), 92, 803-814 [pdf]
  The Unreliability of Individual Physician "Report Cards" for Assessing the Costs and Quality of Care of a Chronic Disease. Hofer, T.P. et al JAMA 1999, 281,2098-2105 [pdf]
  National Maps of the Effects of PM on Mortality: Exploring Geographical Variation. Dominici et al Environmental Health Perspectives 2003, 111, 1, 39-43 [pdf]
  Using SAS PROC MIXED to Fit Multilevel Models, Hierarchical Models and Individual Growth Models J. of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 1998, 24, 4, 323-335 [pdf]


Miglioretti DL and Heagerty PJ. Marginal modeling of nonested multilevel data using standard software. AJE. 2006;165:453-63. .pdf

Bingenheimer JB and Randenbush SW. Statistical and substantive inferences in public health: Issues in the application of multilevel models. Annual Review of Public Health 2004;25:53-77. .pdf

Singer JD. Using SAS PROC MIXED to fit multilevel models, hierarchical models, and individual growth models. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 1998;24:323-55. .pdf

Gelman, Andrew. Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel Hierarchical Models. Cambridge Universiry Press: 2006. Amazon link

Dersimonian and Laird, "Meta-Analysis in Clinical Trials". 1986 .pdf

Austin PC, Naylor CD and Tu JV. "A comparison of a Bayesian vs. a frequentist method for profiling hospital performance." J Eval Clin Pract 2001. .pdf

Austin PC, Brunner LJ and Hux JE. "Bayeswatch: an overview of Bayesian statistics." J Eval Clin Pract 2002. .pdf