the 24th Annual Workshop in Applied Statistics
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Regression Modeling Strategies
Frank E. Harrell, Jr.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt
University
Friday, April 29, 2005
8:30-5:00pm
at
California State University, Long Beach
Pyramid
Abstract
Regression models are frequently used to develop diagnostic,
prognostic, and health resource utilization models in clinical, health
services, outcomes, pharmacoeconomic, and epidemiologic research, and
in a multitude of non-health-related areas. Regression models are also
used to adjust for patient heterogeneity in randomized clinical trials,
to obtain tests that are more powerful and valid than unadjusted
treatment comparisons. The morning sessions will
cover modeling and model validation methods; the afternoon sessions
will cover the overall modeling strategy, examples of displaying
effects of predictors and of presenting models graphically to
non-statisticians, and case studies.
The methods covered in this course will apply to almost any regression
model, including ordinary least squares, logistic regression models,
and survival models.
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Professor Harrell
Dr. Harrell is Professor and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics
in the School of Medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville,
Tennessee. He received his Ph.D. in biostatistics from the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1979, where he studied under P.K.
Sen. Dr. Harrell has been involved in statistical computing since 1969
and is the author of many R/S-Plus functions and SAS procedures. Since
1973 he has been involved in medical applications of statistics,
especially in the area of survival analysis and clinical prediction
modeling. He is the author of the book on which the course is based,
Regression Modeling Strategies. He is an editorial consultant for the
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, is on the editorial board of
Statistics in Medicine, is co-managing editor of the new journal Health
Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, and is a consultant to FDA.
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