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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Principles of hypothesis testing and confidence interval estimation: Part 2


Sunday, November 3, 2013 : 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Michael A. Joseph, PhD, MPH, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Using practical, hands-on exercises, students will use SPSS to conduct and interpret analyses involving Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests, odds ratios and relative risks, Pearson's correlation coefficient and simple linear regression.

Learning Areas:

Biostatistics, economics
Epidemiology

Learning Objectives:
Discuss appropriate uses for the odds ratio and relative risk. Differentiate between cross-sectional, case-control and cohort study designs. Describe research questions and type of data that lends itself to either one-way ANOVA, Chi-square, odds ratio, relative risk, correlation, or simple linear regression.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: For the past decade I have taught classes in biostatistics, computing and epidemiologic research methods to diverse audiences with varying levels of knowledge, skill and expertise.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 2014.0: Biostatistics for non-statisticians -- Fee: $275