Section outline

  • Lecture: Less commonly used observational study designs
    Ecological and cross-sectional studies, surveys, case-only, case-crossover, case-time-control, special-exposure cohorts.

    Faculty: John Witte

    Location:      China Basin 6704

    • Session Slides:

    • Week 3 slides File

    • Required Reading:

      • RGL2008 Ch 7 (pp 109-110)
      • RGL2008 Ch 8 (pp125-127)
      • RGL2008 Ch 22 (pp 472-476)
      • RGL2008 Ch 25
      • RGL2008 Ch 28 (pp573-575)
      • RGL2008 Ch 30 (pp 605-606)

    • Discussion section readings and homework assignments:

    • Dufault and Klar 2011 File
    • Gillespie Case-chaos studies AJE 2012 File
    • Stang and Jockel 2004 File

    • Assignment Due Date:  Homework for week 3 is based on Dufault and Klar 2011, Gillespie et al. 2012 and Stang and Jockel 2004 articles. Please use discussion questions to guide your reading and to prepare for class discussion.  Please send your written answers to homework questions by 1 pm on 1/24  to course TA Cecily Miller at Cecily.Miller@ucsf.edu