Biostatistics Methods For Longitudinal Studies. 2 Credit Hours

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This elective course will discuss a broad range of statistical techniques for deriving statistical inference from longitudinal studies. Main topics include design of longitudinal studies (power analyses and sample size estimation), analyses of repeated measured outcomes (continuous and discrete), analyses of time to event outcomes, techniques to address challenges associated with missing data and confounding, and rigorous casual modeling approaches. Students will learn to identify feasible and efficient statistical design of longitudinal; studies and to conduct rigorous and robust statistical methods to analyze data arising from longitudinal studies. The goal is to develop students' biostatistical competencies in conducting high-quality longitudinal studies in medical research. Prerequisites: TSCI 5072 and TSCI 6061 .