BIOST 536 - University of Washington: Fall, 2013

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Scott S. Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Biostatistics
University of Washington

Categorical Data Analysis in Epidemiology
Summary of univariate categorical data analysis; Introduction to multivariate analysis of categorical epidemiologic and health sciences data using multiplicative models. Experience at interpretation; familiarity with available software programs gained by analysis of bona fide data and critiques of published analyses appearing in literature. Prerequisite: BIOST 515; EPI 513 and either BIOST 513 or BIOST 518; or permission of instructor. Offered: jointly with EPI 536.

Instructor:Scott S. Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistants

David Benkeser benkeser@uw.edu
Office Hours (HSLIC Learning Commons): Tu 3:30 - 4:30 pm; Th 12:30 - 1:30 pm

Emily Mosites emosites@uw.edu
Office Hours (HSLIC Learning Commons): M 12:30 - 2:30 pm

Office:HSB H655-J
Phone:616-6678(Biostatistics)
Email:semerson@uw.edu
Office Hours:W 1:30pm - 3:30pm
(or by appointment)

Times and Places
Lectures : TuTh 1:30pm - 3:20pm HST 639
 Disc AA :   Tu 12:30pm - 1:20pm HST 733
 Disc AB :   Th 10:30am - 11:20am HST 639

Syllabus and General Information
BIOST 536 Syllabus (pdf)

Information and Tutorials on Stata
Ordering Stata IC through Grad Plan
Prof. Jim Hughes’ Stata tutorials (requires UWnet ID)

R Materials
Functions for descriptive statistics (revised 20121025)      R source code      Help files
Functions for one sample inference (revised 20121110)      R source code      Help files
Functions for regression (revised 20121206)      R source code      Help files

Supplemental Materials
Approach to analyzing a data set (pdf)
Use of Logarithmic Transformations (pdf)

Course Materials

Day  Date   HandoutsVideosHW AssignedHW DueMiscellaneous
ThuSep 26 Lecture 1: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB HW #1 (Keys: Key   Discussion #1
TueOct 1 Lecture 2: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB     Peer Grading Instructions
ThuOct 3 Lecture 3: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB   HW #1 Submissions Discussion #2
TueOct 8 Lecture 4: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB   HW #1 Grading  
ThuOct 10 Lecture 5: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB HW #2 (Keys: hw2key.do.txt    
TueOct 15 Lecture 6: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB      
ThuOct 17 Lecture 7: 4/pg   4/pg Lecture PartA   PartB   HW #2 Submissions  
TueOct 22 Lecture 8: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB      
ThuOct 24 Lecture 9: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB   HW #2 Submissions  
TueOct 29 Annotated Stata HW #2   Lecture PartA   PartB      
ThuOct 31 Lecture 10: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB    
MonNov 4 Practice Exam Key Lecture Review Session       Collapsibility (pptx)    Power Plots (pdf)
TueNov 5 Lecture 11: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB      
ThuNov 8 Midterm: Key        
TueNov 12 Lecture 12: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB      
ThuNov 14 Lecture 13: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA-B        
TueNov 19   Lecture PartA   PartB      
ThuNov 20 Lecture 14: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB HW #3 (Keys: Key HW #3 Grading  
TueNov 26 Lecture 15: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB Project Assignment   Example Report
TueDec 3 Lecture 16: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB      
WedDec 4   Project Discussion      
ThuDec 5 Lecture 16: 4/pg   1/pg Lecture PartA   PartB     Stata .do file for project
WedDec 11   Review Session     Commented Projects
            
FriDec 13 2:30p - 4:20p Final Exam      

Datasets

DatasetDocumentationData
Adult FEVadultfev.docadultfev.txt
Audiology audio.docaudio.csv
Beta carotene (summarized) carot.doccarot.txt
Detailed Beta carotenebcarot.docbcarot.txt
DSST (cognitive function test)dsst.docdsst.txt
Chemosensitizers in Chemotherapychemo.docchemo.txt
DFMOdfmo.docdfmowide.txtdfmolong.txt
FEV and Smoking in Childrenfev.docfev.txt
Biomarkers of Inflammationinflamm.docinflamm.txt
Clinical Trial Idarubicin in AMLleukemia.docleukemia.txt
Mayo Clinic PBCliver.docliver.txt
MRI and Cerebral Atrophymri.pdfmri.txt
PBC Trial Laboratorymtxlabs.docmtxlabs.txt
PBC Trial Outcomesmtxotcm.docmtxotcm.txt
Clinical Trial in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancernsclc.docnsclc.txt
Screening Data For PBCpbcscreen.docpbcscreen.txt
Pregnancypregnancy.pdfpregout.txt  preglong.txt
PSAPSA.docpsa.txt
Salarysalary.doc, initsalary.doc  salary.txt
SEPSEP.docsep.txt