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Week
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Date
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Assignment due at start of class
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Section
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Topics
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Jan 13
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Data Analysis
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- Introductions
- Variable types
- Frequency distributions
- Radon data
- Statistical software
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Jan 20
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- Normal distributions
- Lognormal distributions
- Goodness of fit test, p-values
- Limits of detection
- Missing data
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Jan 27
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- Descriptive statistics for dichotomous variables
- Evaluating associations between dichotomous and continuous variables
- Simple linear regression with a continuous dependent variable and a dichotomous predictor
- Standard reporting methods
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Feb 3
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2: Dichotomous versus continuous variable assignment (5%) |
- Descriptive statistics for categorical variables
- Evaluating associations between categorical and continuous variables
- Simple linear regression with a continuous dependent variable and a categorical predictor
- Standard reporting methods
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Feb 10
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3: Categorical versus continuous variable assignment (5%) |
- Descriptive statistics for continuous variables
- Evaluating associations between two continuous variables
- Standard reporting methods
- Introduction to multiple regression with a continuous dependent variable
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Feb 17
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In-class Midterm Exam (20%) |
- First half: midterm exam
- Second half: Logistic regression with a binary dependent variable
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Mar 3
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- Review of multiple regression with a continuous dependent variable
- Variable selection, p-values, confounding, interaction, and prediction
- In-class discussion and preparation for Assignment #4
- Formation of groups for final project and sampling strategy lectures
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Mar 17
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Sampling Strategies
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- Introduction to sampling strategies
- Sampling for compliance
- Discussion of homogeneously exposed groups
- Brainstorming on a compliance sampling problem
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- Discussion of the compliance sampling problem
- Introduction to toxicokinetics
- Considerations for the duration of exposure sampling
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Mar 31
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- Sampling for epidemiology
- Brainstorming on a epidemiologic sampling problem
- Discussion of the epidemiologic sampling problem
- Review of project proposal outlines
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Apr 7
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- Strategies for determinants of exposure
- Brainstorming a determinants of exposure sampling problem
- Discussion of a related sampling paper
- Introduction to PIMEX
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12
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Apr 7 (2-4pm) |
5a: Sampling strategies group presentation (5%) |
- Group presentations
- Instructor evaluations
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Apr 17
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5b: Sampling strategies group project report due via email by midnight (25%)
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