A two-day short course "Analysis of Longitudinal (Cohort) Studies will take
place in the University of Bristol, Department of Social Medicine from 7th -
8th June 2007.
For more information please see
http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/shortc/analylong.htm
Tutors: Professor Jonathan Sterne (course organiser), Dr Kate Tilling, Dr
Sara Brookes, Dr Chris Metcalfe, Ms Margaret May.
Who the course is intended for: Participants should have a knowledge of
regression analyses and their implementation in Stata of at least the level
achieved in the 'Introduction to Regression Models' short course.
Course outline: definition of rates and relation between risks and rates;
manipulating person-time data in Stata using the st commands; analysis of
rates using Mantel-Haenszel methods and Poisson regression; splitting
follow up time; to allow for exposures that change with time introduction
to survival analysis log rank tests and Cox proportional hazards
regression; graphical displays for survival analysis.
Teaching Time: The teaching time is approximately 12 hours.
Recommended Reading: All participants will be expected to have a copy
of 'Essential Medical Statistics' with them during the course: Kirkwood BR,
Sterne JAC. Essential Medical Statistics, 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell
Science, 2003. This book can be purchased in advance from the short course
administrator ([log in to unmask]). The rest of the reading list is
intended for guidance only. Collett D. Modelling Survival Data in Medical
Research. 2nd Edition. Chapman and Hall 2003. Clayton D. and Hills M.
Statistical Models in Epidemiology. Oxford University Press 1993.
Course fee: £300.
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