Section outline

  • Lecture: Case-Control Study Design & Matching in Observational Studies

    This lecture will review case-control study design and then go more in-depth into matching, including the purpose of matching, matching in cohort and case-control studies.


    Faculty:  Erin Van Blarigan

    Location:  Mission Hall 1406

    • Session Slides:

    • VanBlarigan CaCo and Matching 2018 Share File

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

    • Watch URL
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Required Reading:

           Chapter 8 AND pages 171-182 AND 283-288. Rothman/Greenland/Lash, 2008, 3rd edition, Case-Control Studies

            Poynter JN, Gruber SB, Higgins PD, Almog R, Bonner JD, Rennert HS, Low M, Greenson JK, Rennert G. Statins and the risk of colorectal cancer. N Engl J Med. 2005 May, PubMed PMID: 15917383. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=15917383


    • Optional Reading:

    • Agalliu I. Associations of Oral α-, β-, and γ-Human Papillomavirus Types With Risk of Incident Head and Neck Cancer. JAMA Oncol. 2(5):599-606, 2016 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Wallis CJD. Comparison of postoperative outcomes among patients treated by male and female surgeons: a population based matched cohort study. BMJ. 359:j4366, 2017 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Lyall K. Parental Social Responsiveness and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Offspring. JAMA Psychiatry. 71(8):936-942, 2014 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

    • Assignment:

    • Homework 7 Case Control Due March 7 2018 File

    • Assignment Due Date: March 7, 2018 at the beginning of Small Group Section

      REMINDER:  Please remember to register in advance for the Epid Tools workshop on 3/14, Dr. Jarvis Chen:    RSVP: http://bit.ly/2BzGzJy


    • Week #7 Homework Submission Assignment

    • Assignment Answer Key (access restricted to registered students):

    • Answer Key for Homework 7 File