Applied Statistic Methods in Epidemiology

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Pre -requisites: BIOE 6525, EPID 6523. This course, offered through the face -to-face modality, is intended for students enrolled in the Master's degree Program in Public Health with a specialty in epidemiology. The course will provide the statistical basis for carrying out the inferential analysis of data obtained from different epidemiologic designs using the STATA version 15 software. Through interactive lectures, group discussions, practical learning exercises, and case studies, students will be exposed to the following topics: sample size es timation and statistical power, analysis of variance, correlation and linear regression, logistic regression, Poisson regression, and Cox regression or proportional hazards regression. Finally, students will use the analytical skills acquired in the course to explain the behavior of public health problems in the population, essential information for public health planning and policy.