Dear All,
I would like to announce the PhD course:
Epidemiological
analysis of clustered data - with emphasis on veterinary and animal science
applications
Which is being held at University of
Copenhagen, January 7-11, 2013.
This course is designed to enable the
participant to:
1) Determine if clustering is present in
their data.
2) Understand why clustering might be a
problem and understand its consequences on the analysis of either continuous or
discrete data.
3) Understand the uses, advantages and
limitations of simpler methods to deal with clustering.
4) Use the statistical software R to
characterize and analyse clustered data with a hierarchical and/or longitudinal
structure.
5) Summarize and present the results and
conclusions in the format of a scientific paper
This is an advanced course in veterinary
epidemiology. The course covers the clustering which most often arises in
veterinary and animal science due to the structure of animals being housed
together on farms (possibly within pens, within sections). The focus is on
understanding the consequences first, and secondly being able to analyse data
and present results while addressing the clustering, particularly through the
use of linear mixed models and generalized linear mixed models in R.
The course uses the textbook:
Dohoo, Martin & Stryhn (2009)
Veterinary Epidemiologic Research, 2nd Edition.
and on-line resources and notes in R.
The course is constructed in three
modules:
1) 2-4 January 2013: Warm Up days - Prior
to the campus week, the participant have the possibility to refresh the necessary
skills in R (while revising the basic concepts of simpler analysis, i.e.
logistic regression and analysis of variance). This is done using UCPH’s
eLearning environment Absalon
2) 7-11 January 2013: Campus week - A
mixture of lectures, discussion and exercises. All days from 9-16.
3) 14 January - 8 February 2013: Project
work - The participant must do an analysis (preferably on their own data) and
present the results outlined as a scientific paper. This work is done at home -
individual supervision is provided on-face or through SKYPE.
The course is free for PhD students under
the Danish Open Market, but for other there is a course fee.
For registration and further information:
The deadline for application is December
17th, 2012.
/Nils
Nils Toft
Professor
Department of Large
Animal Sciences
Department of Large
Animal Sciences
Populationbiology
University of
Copenhagen
Groennegaardsvej 8
DK - 1870
Frederiksberg C
Denmark
DIR +45 353 33009
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