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School of Medicine
- Epidemiology and Community Health
- EPID 642 Advanced Epidemiological Protocol Design
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: PMCH 571, PMCH 606, BIOS 553 and BIOS 554 Develops skills needed to design and describe in written format a valid and appropriate epidemiology study to address specific hypotheses. Hypotheses and possible design methods will be discussed in class and subsequently students will present (both orally and in written form) a research design to include a critical review of the literature and hypotheses to be tested. The proposal must address sample size and power, exposure definition, methods for accurate exposure assessment, prevention of measurement errors, and statistical methods proposed for analysis.