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Home Blog Mar 18: Statistics in Practice

Mar 18: Statistics in Practice

Statistics in Practice

In this week’s Brief, we look at the coronavirus, and the problem of estimating prevalence and mortality.  Our course spotlight is

  • Nov 8 – Dec 6:  Epidemiologic Statistics (we’re adding a spring session – email us to be notified when registration opens at ourcourses@statistics.com)

See you in class!

– Peter Bruce

Founder, Author, and Senior Scientist

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Nov 8 – Dec 6:  Epidemiologic Statistics

(We’re adding a spring session – email us to be notified when registration opens at ourcourses@statistics.com)

  • Distinguish between observational, cross-sectional and case-control designs
  • Calculate relevant disease metrics
  • Calculate metrics for measuring the impact of treatment
  • Describe the issues involved in controlling for extraneous factors

Your instructor is Dr. Eli Rosenberg, Professor of Epidemiology at the SUNY Albany School of Public Health. His federally-funded research program focuses on the conduct of epidemiologic studies of HIV prevention and HIV surveillance in the United States.  The course developer is Dr. David Kleinbaum,  Professor of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and internationally known for his textbooks in statistical and epidemiologic methods.

See you in class!


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