Advanced Spatial Data Analysis.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: BIOS 543 , BIOS 544 , BIOS 549 or permission of instructor. This course focuses on the development and application of advanced statistical models for spatial and spatial-temporal data in a Bayesian hierarchical modeling framework. The data considered in this course include spatially referenced normal, binary, count and time-to-event health outcomes. Statistical methods covered include linear and Poisson regression, spatial survival analysis, spatial longitudinal analysis, multivariate disease modeling and spatio-temporal disease mapping. Students will gain practical experience in the application of the methods in commonly used software packages.