This is the schedule used to deliver educational content offered by JHSPH. As a result, some of the information and/or materials listed here may not be relevant to or available for an OCW user's self-directed study.
Schedule
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Module 1: Roles of Quantitative Methods in Public Health
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Biostatistics and Epidemiology within the Paradigm of Public Health (Diener-West) |
Lecture 1 |
| 2 | Epidemiologic Investigation (Kanchanaraksa) |
Lecture 2 |
| 3 | Exploratory Data Analysis (Diener-West) |
Lecture 3 |
| 4 | Tables and Graphs (Diener-West) |
Lecture 4 |
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Module 2: Quantifying and Comparing Public Health Measures |
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| 5 | Summary Measures [Ratio, Proportion, Rate] (Diener-West) |
Lecture 5 |
| 6 | Indices of Morbidity and Mortality (Kanchanaraksa) |
Lecture 6 |
| 7 | Direct and Indirect Methods of Adjustment (Diener-West) |
Lecture 7 |
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Module 3: Quantifying the Natural History of Disease |
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| 8 | Life Tables (Diener-West) |
Lecture 8 |
| 9 | Measures of Prognosis (Diener-West, Kanchanaraksa) |
Lecture 9 |
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Module 4: Probability Concepts and their Use in Evaluation of Diagnostic and Screening Tests |
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| 10 | Probability Concepts (Diener-West) |
Lecture 10 |
| 11 | Evaluation of Diagnostic and Screening Tests: Validity and Reliability (Kanchanaraksa) | Lecture 11 |
