Epidemiology and Biostatistics with Stata Course
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Events: Epidemiology and Biostatistics with Stata Course
Venue:Indepth Research Services, Nairobi, Kenya
Event Date: 11th – 22nd December 2017.
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INTRODUCTION
This course is intended for medical researchers who would like to enhance their skills on epidemiological data analysis being familiarized with Stata. The participants will have their hands on laptop with Stata running throughout the learning sessions. Each learning session will give equal weight to tutorials and practical exercises.
DURATION
10 days
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The course is intended for researchers, physicians, clinicians, public health professionals, epidemiologists and biostatisticians, from public and private institutions who need to apply meta-analysis.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The key objective is that by the end this course the students will know how to run their own epidemiological analysis effectively using Stata for a variety of outcomes by using 2x2 tables and/or regression models, decided on the most appropriate way to report the results supplied by Stata
Understand the bio-statistical concepts of additivity, independence, confounding, and interaction in the context of logistic models.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Epidemiology
- Introduction to epidemiologic thinking
- Sufficient/component cause theory of disease
- Hill’s causal criteria
- Logic and errors
- Effect measures
- Study designs
- Randomization using Excel
- Bias and confounding
- Random error and statistics
- Crude analysis
- Stratified analysis
- Standardization
- Sensitivity (bias) analysis
- Case-cohort study design
Biostatistics
- Logic of significance tests
- Choice of significance test
- Comparison of two independent groups
- Basics of power analysis
- More on levels of measurement
- Comparison of two paired groups
- Multiplicity and the Comparison of 3+ Groups
- Correlation
- Linear regression
- Logistic regression and dummy variables
- Survival analysis: Kaplan-Meier graphs, Log-rank Test, and Cox regression
- Confidence intervals versus p values and trends toward significance
- Pearson correlation coefficient with clustered data
- Equivalence and non-inferiority tests
- Validity and reliability
- Bland-Altman analysis
- One sample tests
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ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.
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PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to IRES account through bank on or before C.O.B 04th December 2017.
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