Welcome - NEW COURSE - 10th 11th February 2010
being held at MRC - Biostatistics Unit - IPH Forvie Site,
Cambridge. CB2 0SR.
Multivariable model-building
A pragmatic approach to regression analysis based on fractional
polynomials for modelling continuous variables
A two-day course by Prof Patrick Royston (London) & Prof Willi
Sauerbrei (Freiburg)
Course aims
* To appreciate the issues surrounding the development of a
multivariable model in observational studies
* To learn about strategies for selecting variables in such a model
* To learn about the fractional polynomials method for modelling
continuous predictors
* To be introduced to multivariable model-building using the
multivariable fractional polynomials (MFP) method
* To understand methods for modelling interactions in randomized
trials and observational studies
* To understand issues around model (in)stability
* On issues in spline modeling and comparison to MFP in examples
* To learn how to work in a practical way with MFP
We invite participants to submit their own data and problems, but no
later than THREE WEEKS before the start of the course, i.e. the deadline
is THURSDAY 21^st JANUARY 2010. One session is dedicated to discussion
and analysis of some participants' data. Problems are limited to the
course aims and exclude topics such as measurement error, multi-level
models, longitudinal data (other than survival times) or missing
covariate observations.
The course follows closely the book with the same title by the
lecturers, published by Wiley (2008). A copy of the book is included in
the course material.
Nearly all datasets and many programs in Stata can be downloaded from
the book?s website:
http://www.imbi.uni-freiburg.de/biom/Royston-Sauerbrei-book/
Target audience
* Practical statisticians and researchers interested in extending
their knowledge about multivariable regression model building and
handling of continuous predictors in particular
* Some experience of real data analysis using linear, logistic and
Cox regression is assumed
Lecturers
* Patrick Royston <http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/%7Eucakjpr>, MRC
Clinical Trials Unit, UK
* Willi Sauerbrei, Institute of Medical Biometry and Medical
Informatics, University Medical Center Freiburg
To register for the course please use the link below - should you have
any problems please contact Kathy Airey - contact details below.
www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/Education/BSUcourses.html
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Kathleen Airey
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MRC-Biostatistics Unit
IPH Forvie Site
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Cambridge
CB2 0SR
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