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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course provides a survey of regression techniques for outcomes common in public
health data including continuous, binary, count and survival data. Emphasis is on
developing a conceptual understanding of the application of these techniques to solving
problems, rather than to the numerical details. Extensive use of the computer will be
made for analysis of datasets.
This course is designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students who will be
analyzing data with scientific colleagues and who want to develop a practical hands-on
toolkit and gain experience in distilling complex statistical information into formats
understandable to colleagues. Stata and R programming environments will be featured
within this course.
PREREQUISITES
Students should have courses in probability and statistical inference at the level of PHP
2510.
RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS
Sheather, Simon J, “A Modern Approach to Regression with R”, Springer ISBN:
9780387096087, (2009).
Vittinghoff, Eric; Glidden, David V ; Shiboski, Stephen C; McCullough, Charles E.,
“Regression Methods in Biostatistics, 2nd ed.”, Springer ISBN: 9781461413530, (2011).
Both these texts are available for Free Online from Brown Library
OTHER TEXTBOOKS
Kleinbaum, David G; Kupper, Lawrence L; Nizam, Azhar; Rosenberg, Eli S., “Applied
Regression Analysis and Other Multivariable Methods 5th Edition”, Brooks Cole ISBN:
9781285051086, (2014).
Kleinbaum, David G., “Survival Analysis: A Self Learning Text”, Springer ISBN:
9781441966469, (2012).
Kleinbaum, David G., “Logistic Regression: A Self Learning Text”, Springer ISBN:
9781441917423, (2010).
Hosmer, David W; Lemeshow, Stanley; Sturdivant, Rodney X. , “Applied Logistic
Regression, 3rd Edition”, Wiley ISBN: 9780470582473, (2013). Hosmer, David W;
Lemeshow, Stanley; May, Susanne., “Applied Survival Analysis: Regression Modeling of
Time to Event Data, 2nd Edition”, Wiley ISBN: 9780471754992, (2008).
Ramsey, Fred; Schafer, Dan, “The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data
Analysis, 3rd Edition”, Brooks/Cole ISBN: 9781133490678, (2013).
EVALUATION
Participants will be graded based on:
2. Read assigned materials prior to coming to class and actively participate in class
discussions.
1. Identify and implement statistical techniques and models for analysis of data.
Refresher Competencies
2. Recognize key research designs and be able to assist in developing plans for their
implementation.
6. Review and evaluate the use of biostatistical methods in public health or biomedical
field of study.