Course: STAT 35700=PBHS 31001
Title: Epidemiologic Methods
Instructor(s): Brian Chiu
Class Schedule: Sec 01: TR 12:30 PM–1:50 PM in BSLC 202
Office Hours:
Textbook(s): Szklo, Nieto, Epidemiology: Beyond the Basics, 3rd edition
Juul, An Introduction to Stata for Health Researchers, 3rd edition, Recommended
Description: This course expands on the material presented in "Principles of Epidemiology," further exploring issues in the conduct of epidemiologic studies. The student will learn the application of both stratified and multivariate methods to the analysis of epidemiologic data. The final project will be to write the "specific aims" and "methods" sections of a research proposal on a topic of the student's choice.
Prerequisite(s): PBHS 30700 or PBHS 30900 or PBHS 30910 AND PBHS 32400 or applied statistics courses through multivariate regression.