Section outline

  • Causal Inference and Randomized Trials

    Confounding, other problems with inferring causality; benefits, design, and pitfalls of randomized trials.

    Faculty: Mark Pletcher


    • Lecture Slides:

    • Lecture 5 (Deborah Grady) Slides File
    • Lecture 5 (Mark Pletcher) Slides File

    • Lecture Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Lecture 5 (Deborah Grady) URL
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    • Lecture 5 (Mark Pletcher) URL
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    • Large Group Discussion (Access restricted to registered students): Brief formal review of lecture followed by question and answer discussion. Recorded lecture should be viewed prior to this session.

    • Lecture 5 Discussion Recording Media Resource
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    • Assignment 5:

    • Assignment 5 File
    • Assignment 5 Example File

    • Materials:

    • Optional reading, especially for students designing studies of diagnostic tests:

    • Page proofs, Evidence-Based Diagnosis, Chapter 7 File
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    • Page proofs, Evidence-Based Diagnosis, Chapter 8 File
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