Introductory course in statistics for medical researchers, April 16. to 20. 2007
Section for Epidemiology and Medical Statistics,
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen
Location: Kalfarveien 31, Spissøen lecture room and PC lab
Course leader / lecturers: Prof. Rolv T. Lie (RTL) / Prof. Rolv Skjærven (RS), Prof. Håkon K. Gjessing (HKG) and Dr. Stein Atle Lie (SAL). STATA sessions are lead by Roy M. Nilsen (RMN), Jannicke Igland (JI) and Elin Alsaker (EA).
Exercises will use the statistical software STATA. An extra cost of NOK 1000 will be stipulated for installation of STATA for own use.
Text books: Betty R. Kirkwood/Jonathan Sterne: Essentials of Medical Statistics and
Sophia Rabe-Hesketh/Brian Everitt: A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata
Preliminary plan:
Monday April 16.
09.00 Introduction. Basic concepts (RTL)
10.00 -12.00 Introduction to STATA (RMN, JI, EA)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00 -16.00 Introduction to STATA cont. (RMN, JI, EA)
Tuesday April 17.
09.00 Basic principles in statistical inference: Confidence intervals (HKG)
10.00 Hypothesis tests (Gaussian variables) (HKG)
11.00 Confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for continuous variables. t-intervals (HKG)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00 t-tests (HKG)
14.00 -16.00 Exercises in PC lab (JI, EA)
Wednesday April 18.
09.00 2x2 table, Chi-square test (Pearson), Yates' correction (RS)
10.00 Odds ratio, relative risk, confidence intervals (RS)
11.00 Fisher's exact test (RS)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00 Mantel-Haenszel test for several 2x2 tables, common odds ratio, confounding (RS)
14.00 -16.00 Exercises in PC lab (RMN, JI)
Thursday April 19.
09.00 Gaussian regression (SAL)
10.00 Correlation (SAL)
11.00 Survival analysis: Kaplan-Meier curves (SAL)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00 The log-rank test (SAL)
14.00 -16.00 Exercises in PC lab (EA, RMN)
Friday April 20.
09.00 Probabilities in medicine: Sensitivity, Specificity, Bayes' rule, Positive Predictive Value. (RTL)
10.00 Research designs in medicine. (RTL)
11.00 Overview of methods (RTL)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00 Evaluation and examination (RTL)
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