Applied Epidemiological Methods I

Graduate

Computer laboratory-based course designed to provide hands-on experience performing epidemiological data analyses relevant to the theoretical/conceptual material presented in Foundations of Epidemiology I. Students will complete laboratory exercises using epidemiological study data sets that guide them through descriptive data analyses, hypothesis testing, and addressing confounding and effect modification within the context of a range of epidemiological study designs. Emphasis will be placed on interpretation of data and on learning to develop figures, tables and text for scientific communication. Analyses will be performed in the open-access programming language R. (0.5 unit)