Statistical
studies gone wrong: a famous example is
the decline in coronary heart disease among women taking hormone replacement
therapy (HRT), reported in numerous observational studies. The effect disappeared in later randomized
trials - it was likely due to a third correlated factor (socioeconomic
status).
Learn more about
how to design a valid statistical study from the ground up in Dr. David
Kleinbaum's and Dr. Mildred Maisonet's online course "Designing Valid
Statistical Studies," at Statistics.com. For more details please visit at http://www.statistics.com/validstudies.
"Designing
Valid Statistical Studies," by Dr. David Kleinbaum and Dr. Mildred
Maisonet, emphasizes the underlying concepts and methods for addressing
validity and bias issues in statistical research. Topics covered in the course
include: overview of validity and bias, selection bias, information bias, and
confounding bias.
Who Should Take
This Course:
Researchers who
need to design, or review the designs of, statistical studies.
Course Program:
Course outline: The course
is structured as follows
SESSION
1: Review Types of Studies, Validity
- Methodologic issues
- Clinical trial (brief overview)
- Observational
- Case-control
- Cross-sectional
- Validity vrs. precision
- Internal vrs. external validity
SESSION
2: Bias and Confounding
- Selection bias (brief overview)
- Information bias (brief overview)
- Confounding
SESSION
3: Controlling Extraneous factors
- At design stage
- At analysis stage
- Randomization
- Matching
SESSION
4: Matching and Stratification
Dr. David
Kleinbaum (Emory University) is internationally known for his textbooks in
statistical and epidemiologic methods and as an outstanding teacher. He is the course designer, and the author of
"Epidemiologic Research - Principles and Quantitative Methods",
"Survival Analysis- A Self Learning Text," and other texts.
Dr. Mildred
Maisonet, who will lead the class discussions in this session of the course, is
an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory
University and an Epidemiologist at TKC Integrated Services, LLC. Participants can ask questions and exchange
comments with her via a private discussion board throughout the period.
You will be able to ask questions
and exchange comments with the Dr. Mildred
Maisonet and Dr. David
Kleinbaum via
a private discussion board throughout the course. The courses take
place online at statistics.com in a series of 4 weekly lessons and assignments,
and require about 15 hours/week. Participate at your own convenience;
there are no set times when you must be online. You have the flexibility to work
a bit every day, if that is your preference, or concentrate your work in just a
couple of days.
For Indian participants
statistics.com accepts registration for its courses at special prices in Indian
Rupees through its partner, the Center for eLearning and Training (C-eLT),
Pune.
Call: 020 66009116
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