Advanced Research Methods in Epidemiology

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Pre-requisites: BIOE 6525, BIOE 6545, BIOE 6605, EPID 6523. This is a course in advanced epidemiological research geared to students of the Master’s in Sciences in Epidemiology Program. It focuses on the different epidemiologic research designs; their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages. Data collection methods are also examined in terms of the adequacy of each one for the different epidemiologic research designs discussed. The students will have the opportunity to develop and to apply the statistic reasoning necessary for the quantitative analysis of each of the research designs studied. The students will also have the opportunity to discuss various statistics packages to carry out the statistical analysis for each design. It is expected that the students will be able to integrate and apply the acquired knowledge in: (1) The elaboration of the different epidemiologic research designs, (2) Selecting the most adequate data collection methods and statistical analysis according to the design, (3) Determining the sample size according to the design, (4) Identify ing the statistical packages and their application to Epidemiology.