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2023-2026 Academic Catalog

DPH 7002 - Advanced Biostatistical

This course will focus on a number of advanced topics in the statistical analysis of epidemiological and other biomedical data including a review of (1) the measures of disease frequency and association, (2) statistical significance and confidence intervals, (3) matching, (4) stratified analysis and (5) multivariate analysis. How to present the results of data analysis in epidemiology, random variation and bias, sampling, statistical power and sample size, logistic regression, survival curves, Cox’s proportional hazards regression analysis, and survey analysis are integral parts of this course. This class includes lectures and a large proportion of practical sessions such as in-class computer exercises and homework. At the end of the course students present a complete data analysis carried out with a dataset that will be provided by the instructor.