Week 07: Randomized Trials and Cohort Studies
Feb. 13: Randomized Trials
Lecture:
- slides (doc): Basics.docx Download Basics.docx; Validity.docx Download Validity.docx; MeasuresOfAssociation.docx Download MeasuresOfAssociation.docx; SituationsFavorRT.docx Download SituationsFavorRT.docx
- slides (pdf): Basics
, Validity, Measures of Association, Situations favoring RCT
- videos: Basics, Validity, Measures of Association, Situations favoring RCT
Readings:
- Gordis ch. 7-8
- Appel LJ, Moore TJ, Obarzanek E, Vollmer WM, Svetkey LP, Sacks FM, Bray GA, Vogt TM, Cutler JA, Windhauser MM, Lin PH, Karanja N. A clinical trial of the effects of dietary patterns on blood pressure. DASH Collaborative Research Group. N Engl J Med. 1997 Apr 17;336(16): 1117-24.
Mini-Lectures:
- Section 1 slides Download slides
- Section 2 slides Download slides
- Section 3 slides Download slides
- Section 4 slides Download slides
- Section 5 slides Download slides
Assignment:
- Quiz 5: Randomized Trials, due Feb 13 at 10 am.
- In-class exercise: 2/13 In-class exercise
- In-class exercise answers: 2/13 In-class exercise answers
Feb. 15: Cohort Studies
Lecture:
- slides (doc): Design Overview.docx Download Design Overview.docx; Design Issues.docx Download Design Issues.docx; Measures_Association.docx Download Measures_Association.docx
- slides (pdf): Design Overview, Design Issues, Measures of Association
- videos: Design Overview, Design Issues, Measures of Association
Readings:
- Gordis, ch. 9
Mini-Lectures:
- Section 1 slides Download slides
- Section 2 slides Download slides
- Section 3 slides Download slides
- Section 4 slides Download slides
- Section 5 slides Download slides
Assignment:
- Quiz 6: Cohort Studies, due Feb 15 at 10 am.
- In-class exercise: 2/15 In-class exercise
- In-class exercise answers: 2/15 In-class exercise answers