EPI 204 Quantitative Epidemiology III: Statistical Models
Spring 2017

Course Syllabus

Instructor: David M. Rocke (dmrocke@ucdavis.edu)
TA: Andrew Farris (affarris@ucdavis.edu)

Textbooks:

Logistic Regression: A Self-Learning Text (3rd ed.), Kleinbaum & Klein, Springer, 2010
Available to download at no cost
http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4419-1742-3/page/1 if on campus.
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Survival Analysis: A Self-Learning Text (3rd ed.), Kleinbaum & Klein, Springer, 2012
Available to download at no cost
http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4419-6646-9/page/1 if on campus.
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Class Notes

April 4, 2017
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapters 1–3
Presentation: Introduction to Logistic Regression
Homework: Homework 1

April 11, 2017
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapter 4
Powerpoint: Logistic Regression and Likelihood
Homework:
See Powerpoint for HW 2a; due 4/18/17
Homework: Homework 2b

Byssinosis Data (csv)

April 13, 2017
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapter 5
Powerpoint: Inference for Logistic Regression: Likelihood Ratio Tests

R input script for Evans Data
Evans Data (dat)

April 18, 2017
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapter 5
Powerpoint: Inference for Logistic Regression: Wald Tests
Homework:
See Powerpoint for HW 3a; due 4/25/17
Homework: Homework 3b

April 20, 2017
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapters 6-8
Powerpoint: Variable Selection and Modeling in Logistic Regression
Homework:
See Powerpoint; due 4/27/17

April 25, 27, 2017
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapters 9 and 10
Powerpoint: Diagnostics and Goodness of Fit
Homework:
See presentation; due 5/4/17

May 2, 2017
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapters 9 and 10
Powerpoint: Prediction and Classification
Powerpoint:
Logistic Regression for Matched Data
Homework:
ROC curve for your model; due 5/9/17

May 4, 2017
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapter 11
Powerpoint: Poisson Regression
Homework:
Poisson regression exercise from Powerpoint, due 5/16/17

May 9, 11, 2017
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapters 1 and 2
Powerpoint: Introduction to Survival Analysis
Homework:

May 16, 2017
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapter 3
Powerpoint: The Cox Model
Homework:

May 18, 2017
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapter 3
Powerpoint: Survival Regression with the Cox Model
Homework:
Homework with the addicts data set, due 5/25/17

addicts.txt
addicts.input.R

May 23, 25, 2017
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapter 4
Powerpoint: Model Building and Checking for Cox Models
Homework:

May 25, 2017
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapter 5
Powerpoint: Stratified Cox Models
Homework:
Model Checking and Strata with addicts data set, due 6/6/17

anderson.dat
anderson.input.R

May 30, 2017
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapter 6
Powerpoint: Time-Dependent Covariates and Multiple Events
Powerpoint: Logistic Regression Solutions
Homework:
Survival Analysis Homework, due 6/8/17

bmt.prep.R
bladder.dat
bladder.input.R

June 1, 2017
Reading:

Powerpoint: Introduction to Random Effects and Mixed Models
Homework:

June 6, 2017
Reading:

Powerpoint: Multilevel Models
Homework:

June 8, 2017
Reading:

Powerpoint: Multilevel Models II
Homework:
Survival Analysis Assignment Solutions