Section outline

  • Lecture: Causality/Clinical trials

    Drawing causal inference; chance, bias, and confounding; pros and cons of observational studies and randomized controlled trials; examples from the diabetes literature.

    Faculty:  Deborah Grady

    Location:      HSW 302

    • Session Slides:

    • Causal Inference 0814 Students File

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

    • Required Reading:

      DCR-4 Chapter 9: Enhancing Causal Infernence in Observational Studies

      DCR-4 Chapter 10: Designing a Randomized Blinded Trial

      DCR-4 Chapter 11: Alternative Trial Designs and Implementation Issues

    • Assignment Due Date: 

      Final version of assignment 3 due electronically August 14 at Noon.