EPI 204 Quantitative Epidemiology III: Statistical Models
Spring 2021

Course Syllabus

Instructor: David M. Rocke (dmrocke at ucdavis.edu)
TA: Alec James Michael (ajmichael at ucdavis.edu)

Announcements

The lecture part of class will be 9:00–10:20 am
The lab component will be homework help and Q&A with Alec 10:20–10:50 am
The lecture component will be recorded and posted

If you are auditing the class I need to add you manually to the listserv epi204-s21@ucdavis.edu
so please let me know if you change from enrolled to auditing.

Resources

Introductory Statistics with R (Textbook)

https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/

https://www.bigbookofr.com

https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/

https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html

https://www.sas.com/en_us/software/on-demand-for-academics/references/getting-started-with-sas-ondemand-for-academics-studio.html

Textbooks:

Logistic Regression: A Self-Learning Text (3rd ed.), Kleinbaum & Klein, Springer, 2010
Available to download at no cost
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4419-1742-3
Use PulseSecure VPN if off campus.

Survival Analysis: A Self-Learning Text (3rd ed.), Kleinbaum & Klein, Springer, 2012
Available to download at no cost
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4419-6646-9

Use PulseSecure VPN if off campus.

Class Notes

March 30, 2021
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapters 1–3
Presentation: Introduction to Logistic Regression
Homework: Homework 1; due 4/8/21

April 1, 2021
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapter 4
Powerpoint: Logistic Regression and Likelihood
Homework:
HW 2a; due 4/8/21
Homework: Homework 2b; due 4/8/21

Byssinosis Data (csv)

April 6, 2021
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapter 5
Powerpoint: Inference for Logistic Regression
Homework: Homework 3a; Homework 3b; due 4/15/21

R input script for Evans Data
Evans Data (dat)

April 8, 2021
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapters 6-8
Powerpoint: Variable Selection and Modeling in Logistic Regression
Homework:
Homework 3c; due 4/15/21

April 13, 2021
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapters 9 and 10
Powerpoint: Diagnostics and Goodness of Fit
Homework:
See below; due 4/22/2021

April 15, 2021
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapters 9 and 10
Powerpoint: Diagnostics and Goodness of Fit
Homework: Homework 4; due 4/22/2021

April 20, 2021
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapters 9 and 10
Powerpoint: Prediction and Classification
Powerpoint:
Logistic Regression for Matched Data
Homework:
ROC curve for your model; due 4/29/2021

April 22, 2021
Reading:
Logistic Regression Chapter 11
Powerpoint: PCR and ELISA Assays for the Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19
Powerpoint: Poisson Regression
Homework:
Poisson regression exercise from Powerpoint, due 4/29/2021

Logistic Regression Assignment Solutions

April 27, 2021
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapters 1 and 2
Powerpoint: Introduction to Survival Analysis

April 29, 2021
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapters 1 and 2
Powerpoint: Introduction to Survival Analysis (continued)
Powerpoint: Stanford Seroprevalence Study

May 4, 2021
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapter 3
Powerpoint: Survival Regression with the Cox Model I

May 6, 2021
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapter 3
Powerpoint: Survival Regression with the Cox Model II
Homework:
Homework with the addicts data set, due 5/13/2021

addicts.txt
addicts.input.R

May 11, 2021
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapter 4
Powerpoint: Model Building and Checking for Cox Models

May 13, 2021
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapter 4
Powerpoint: Model Building and Checking for Cox Models

anderson.dat
anderson.input.R

May 18, 2021
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapter 5, 6
Powerpoint: Stratified Cox Models
Powerpoint:
Time-Dependent Covariates and Multiple Events
Homework: See slides for Stratified Cox Models, due 5/27/21

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

May 20, 2021
Reading:
Survival Analysis Chapter 7
Powerpoint: Parametric Survival Regression

 

May 25, 2021
Powerpoint:
Introduction to Random Effects and Mixed Models
Homework:
Survival Analysis Homework, due 6/3/21

May 27, 2021
Powerpoint:
Multilevel Models

June 1, 2021
Powerpoint:
Multilevel Models II
Powerpoint:
Infectious Disease Modeling

June 3, 2012
Powerpoint:
Logistic Regression Solutions
Powerpoint: Survival Analysis Assignment Solutions