PHPH 9731 - Epidemiologic Methods III

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: PHPH 8721 or PH7031 and PHPH 9810 or instructor approval.
Description
This is the third course in the epidemiologic sequence and will cover newer techniques and issues in epidemiology, such as generalized linear models, hierarchical linear models, causal evaluation of observational studies, basic Bayesian approaches and an introduction to structural equation modeling. The course will use a mixed format of seminar, lecture, and student presentation. The instruction will focus on problems taken from the literature and on analytic approaches in SAS and other languages.