Section outline

  • Drop-in casual discussion with Mark Pletcher

    Format: Mark Pletcher will be in our usual lecture hall and available to talk about the topic of the week (below), student projects, or other issues as requested by students that wish to come.  NOTE: make sure to watch the recorded lecture by Deborah Grady - it's critical conceptual material, and a great lecture.

    Topic: Confounding, other problems with inferring causality; benefits, design, and pitfalls of randomized trials.

    Faculty:  Mark Pletcher, MD MPH

    Location: MB-Genentech Hall 106, Byers Auditorium

    • Session Slides:

    • Lecture 5 slides - pre-recorded lecture by Deborah Grady File

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

    • Deborah Grady’s lecture on Causal Inference URL
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Assignment 5:

    • Assignment 5 File
    • Assignment 5 Example File

    • Materials:

    • Optional reading, especially for students designing studies of diagnostic tests:

    • Page proofs, Evidence-Based Diagnosis, Chapter 7 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Page proofs, Evidence-Based Diagnosis, Chapter 8 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02