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 0816 File

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

    • Required Reading:

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

      DCR-4 Chapter 10:  Designing a Randomized Blinded Trial

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