MULTI-LEVEL MODELS JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2005 SUMMER INSTITUTE IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS ONE-WEEK SHORT COURSE

Instructors: Francesca Dominici and MichaelGRISWOLD

LECTURES: W4030 M-Tu-W-Th-Fr 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Lecture Notes

	0. Course Information	[ppt]	[pdf] (2 slides / pg)	[pdf] (6 slides / pg)
	1. Statistical Background on Multi-level Models	[ppt]	[pdf] (2 slides / pg)	[pdf] (6 slides / pg)
	2. Bayesian Hierarchical Models	[ppt]	[pdf] (2 slides / pg)	[pdf] (6 slides / pg)	QUIZ [pdf]
	3. An Example of a Two-Stage Model: NMMAPS Study	[ppt]	[pdf] (2 slides / pg)	[pdf] (6 slides / pg)	QUIZ [pdf]
	4. Applications of Multi-level Models to Profiling of Health Care Providers	[ppt]	[pdf] (2 slides / pg)	[pdf] (6 slides / pg)	QUIZ [pdf]
	5. Applications of Multi-level Models to Spatial Epidemiology	[ppt]	[pdf] (1 slides / pg)	[pdf] (6 slides / pg)	QUIZ [pdf]

Homework

Homework [.doc]

Useful Links

	Link to Winbugs web site [click here] [Winbugs Movie]
	[url=]Longitudinal Data Analysis course [/url][click here]
	Bayesian Methods course [click here]
	Multilevel Statistical Models in Public Health course, by Professor Thomas Louis [click here]
	GUIDE TO WEB-BASED RESOURCES FOR MULTILEVEL MODELING AND ANALYSIS [click here]
	Centre for Multilevel Modelling [click here]
	UCLA Stat Computing Portal: [click here]
	University of York site on WinBUGS [click here]
	Getting Started Session 1 by Gillian Raab [click here]
	Getting Started Session 2 by Gillian Raab [click here]
	Getting Started Session 3 by Gillian Raab [click here]
	Judith Singer's webpage: [click here]
	Google: [click here]

Reading List

	References [pdf]
	Neighborhoods and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy, Sampson et al Science (1997), 277[pdf]
	Effect of Neighborhood Social Participation on Individual Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy and Antihypertensive Medication: A Multilevel Analysis,O'Campo P. American Journal of Epidemiology (2003), 157, 9-13 [pdf]
	Statistical Methods for Profiling Providers of Medical Care: Issues and Applications. Normand S.L. et al Journal of American Statistical Association (1997), 92, 803-814 [pdf]
	The Unreliability of Individual Physician "Report Cards" for Assessing the Costs and Quality of Care of a Chronic Disease. Hofer, T.P. et al JAMA 1999, 281,2098-2105 [pdf]
	National Maps of the Effects of PM on Mortality: Exploring Geographical Variation. Dominici et al Environmental Health Perspectives 2003, 111, 1, 39-43 [pdf]
	Using SAS PROC MIXED to Fit Multilevel Models, Hierarchical Models and Individual Growth Models J. of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 1998, 24, 4, 323-335 [pdf]