EPI 555 Statistical Methods for Spatial Epidemiology
EPI 555 Statistical Methods For Spatial Epidemiology (3)
Motivates the need for, and describes methods for the analysis of spatially indexed epidemiological data. Covers four major topics: clustering and cluster detection, disease mapping, spatial regression, and an introduction to geographical information systems. Considers both point-references and spatially aggregated data. Course overlaps with: CS&SS 554/SOC 534/STAT 554. Prerequisite: either BIOST 513, BIOST 518, BIOST 522, SOC 506/CS&SS 507, or STAT 512. Offered: jointly with BIOST 555/G H 534.
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