Section outline

  • Small Group Discussion Section: Causal inference and randomized trials

    Faculty:  Warren Browner, Stephanie Christenson, Matthew Cooperberg, Jeffrey Gelfand, Maria Glymour, Raymond Hsu, Megie Okumura, Meyeon Park, Emily Perito, David Schopfer, Joel Simon, Anne Suskind
     
    Location:      Browner MH-1105, Christenson MH-1106, Cooperberg MH-1107, Gelfand MH-1108, Hsu MH-2105, Okumura MH-2106, Park MH-1109, Perito MH-2107, Schopfer MH-2109, Simon MH-2108,  Suskind MH-2110, Glymour 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 from August 18 lecture for proofs.

      For details, see the Session 5 assignment file.

    • 15-Section 5 assignment for Chapters 9-11 rev 0706 File
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