Section outline

  • Small Group Discussion Section: Causal inference and randomized trials

    Faculty:  Christian Apfel, Jeanett Brown, Ruth Greenblatt, Vanessa Grubbs, Megan Huchko, Kirsten Johansen, Jennifer Kerns, Sei Lee, Megie Okumura, Joel Simon, John Takayama, Erin Van Blarigan

    Location:  Apfel C 417, Brown S 180, Greenblatt U 456, Grubbs U 458, Johansen U 460, Kerns S176, Lee S 178, Okumura C 517, Simon S 172, Van Blarigan S 174,  Huchko Online, Takayama Online

    • Assignment:

      Read Chapters 9, 10, & 11 of DCR-4

      If you are doing an observational study, discuss potential confounders and how you will deal with them.

      If you are doing an experiment, describe the details of your randomization and blinding procedures.

      If you are doing a study of diagnostic test accuracy, review how you will select the subjects and measure the variables. Then list other variables that provide information about the outcome and describe whether/how you will decide if your test provides new information. It will help to read Chapters 7 and 8 of Evidence-Based Diagnosis for this -- see optional reading for proofs.

      For details, see the Session 5 assignment file.

    • 14-Section 5 assignment for Chapters 9-11 rev 5Aug File